PM dumb-struck by 25,000 tonne CO2 kill switch on new investment
17th August, 2011
“FOR many businesses the carbon tax will stop expansion dead in its tracks and Julia Gillard is at a loss to explain or justify it,” Leader of The Nationals Warren Truss said today. The Prime Minister ... more »
Gillard puts skids under Australia’s green car fleet
9th August, 2011
“FEDERAL Government policies could signal the end of the road for Australian motoring's green revolution,” Acting Opposition Leader and Shadow Minister for Infrastructure and Transport Warren Truss lamented today as he visited GM Holden’s testing ... more »
The life of Nancy Wake: the stuff of legend
8th August, 2011
ACTING Opposition leader Warren Truss has today paid tribute to Nancy Wake, describing her as a true Australian and international legend.
“It is with great sadness that we learn the news this morning of the passing ... more »
Tapping foreign aid to boost animal welfare makes sense
5th August, 2011
LEADER of The Nationals Warren Truss has thrown his weight behind a proactive bid by the Australian Livestock Exporters’ Council (ALEC) to enshrine high quality animal welfare practices in Australia’s live export markets.
ALEC’s ... more »
Not so fast on high-speed rail Albo, says Truss
4th August, 2011
“THE prospect of a high-speed rail network along Australia’s eastern seaboard is exciting, but the Gillard government must make sure of the project’s viability before promising Australians another grand plan it cannot deliver,” Leader ... more »
Gillard’s latest sop to Greens puts Ministers at odds
29th July, 2011
LOOKOUT! Just when you thought the Labor-Greens-Independents carbon tax lurgy is the most viral ideological impost on Australian families and business, the Gillard government is upping the ante by proposing motorists – families and business – cough up ... more »
Opinion piece on carbon tax
29th July, 2011
Labor’s proposed carbon tax is a veritable birthday cake full of anomalies and contradictions. The carbon tax looks everything like the camel designed by a committee that it is. It will destroy Australian jobs and ... more »
Shipping restrictions & carbon tax may break Aussie cement
25th July, 2011
AUSTRALIA’S $2 billion-a-year cement industry and its 1,800 direct jobs are in the firing line under Labor’s carbon tax and new shipping rules the Gillard government is proposing to introduce.
“The impact on the cement industry ... more »
PM is trashing democracy & treating Australians with contempt
16th July, 2011
“FAR from winning hearts and minds, the Prime Minister is plunging her carbon tax dagger into the livelihoods of the regional communities she has betrayed, with workers and employers united in their pain and anger,” Leader ... more »
Carbon tax puts brakes on Pacific Highway upgrade
12th July, 2011
“THE carbon tax will add at least another $350 million to the cost of the promised duplication of the Pacific Highway from Sydney to the Queensland border,” Leader of The Nationals and Shadow Minister for Infrastructure and ... more »
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