 | Fri, 3rd July 2009Turnbull interview with Alan Jones (Radio 2GB) - Visit to Afghanistan, federal politics, industrial relations, Labor’s debt and deficitThe challenge of course is to build up the civil institutions in a nation that is, really, has been at war as I said for decades, decades and decades. So it’s very divided. When you look at Afghanistan, much of it is mountainous desert with fertile areas, green zones that run along the river valleys and so the communities are very divided one from the other geographically and of course ethnically. So pulling it together is an enormous challenge but it is absolutely vital that we do that and the dedication and the professionalism of the young men and women that are serving Australia there is so inspiring… |
 | Thu, 2nd July 2009Evans celebrates minimum sentence for people smugglersThis Government should be aiming to deliver a strong message that Australia will not tolerate people smuggling or people trafficking. |
 | Thu, 2nd July 2009Fair Work Act will push hotels to the wallThe viability of Australia’s hotel sector is under serious threat as trade unions line up to demand wage increases from an already struggling tourism sector. |
 | Thu, 2nd July 2009Employee share scheme u-turn complete after fifty days of Labor mayhemAfter fifty days of chaos and confusion since Labor’s bungled Budget night announcement on employee share schemes, it appears that the long, slow humiliating U-turn is now complete. |
| Wed, 1st July 2009Opposition Leader visits troops in AfghanistanOpposition Leader Malcolm Turnbull has praised the bravery and dedication of Australian troops on the frontline in Afghanistan and told them that they have the wholehearted support of all Australians in their important work. |
 | Wed, 1st July 2009Media reports wrong and mischievousMedia reports suggesting I was critical of the Howard Government’s economic legacy and more recent tax cuts from a speech at CEDA yesterday are inaccurate, selective with their quotations and mischievous. |
 | Wed, 1st July 2009Election observers for AfghanistanAustralia should send a mission of election observers to Afghanistan to help ensure the upcoming elections are free and fair, on the condition that adequate security can be provided to the mission. |
 | Wed, 1st July 2009Labor's belated backhaul plan highlights major missed opportunitiesToday’s announcement of a first round of Labor’s backhaul blackspot program begs the question of why the Rudd Government cancelled the Coalition’s OPEL project which would have brought online 15,000 kilometres of heavily discounted backhaul across the country this year. |
 | Wed, 1st July 2009Peter Dutton Daily Telegraph Blog - Hospitals getting sicker RuddYet another report on our hospitals landed yesterday – the day Kevin Rudd had promised to fix our hospitals – and it found that rather than being ‘fixed’ our hospitals are getting sicker. |
 | Wed, 1st July 2009Coonan Business Day Blog - A Government of over-reaction and over-regulationThe budget night announcement of changes to employee share schemes is one such example of the frustrations felt by the Australian business community. An entire industry was brought to its knees overnight as a result of these changes, and the Government still doesn’t know how it is going to correct the mess it created, in trying to fix revenue leakage. |
 | Wed, 1st July 2009Minister compromising care of senior AustraliansAged Care Australia figures have revealed that Minister for Ageing, Justine Elliot, is seriously compromising the care of aged and frail Australians. |
| Wed, 1st July 2009Fantasy numbers in Wayne's worldThe Rudd Government is fond of plucking numbers out of the air in apparent support of their economic policies. |
