HON. Tony Abbott MHR with the HON Sussan Ley, Shadown Minister for Early Childhood Learning and Ms Debora Elliot, President of Booral Public School P&C.
TONY ABBOTT:
Ok, well, look, it’s good to be here at the Booral Public School. It’s goo... (08-Apr)
Ms Ley» (Farrer) (4:01 PM) —I rise to speak on the Family Assistance Legislation Amendment (Child Care Rebate) Bill 2011. The coalition went to the last election committing to pay the childcare rebate weekly in order to ease the upfront cost of child care for families and to ensure that child care r... (24-Mar)
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I wonder if it’s a coincidence that the members of the Government are entering from stage left and the members of the Opposition from stage right, but I guess that’s just how it is! And Rod, a green and gold tie, no, it needs to be blue! Although I’m a rural member of parliament r... (04-Nov)
The Government has just handed down its third Budget. Since coming to power and under cover of the Global Financial crisis it has taken us from $22 billion in surplus to a deficit this year 2009/2010 of $57.1 billion. In the process it has spent 60% of the capital in three savings ... (19-May)
Tax has always been an element of civilisation. Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr who served on the Supreme Court of the United States once said that “taxation is the price we pay for civilisation”. The Internal Revenue Service liked that so much that they put it on the entrance to their head... (26-Mar)