Federal Member for Wright, Scott Buchholz, has successfully lobbied the Government for improvements to local mobile coverage and has today announced that 3 new mobile base-stations will be installed near Boonah-Rathdowney Road, Mount Sylvia and at Darlington. The new station is being built as part of the Abbott Government’s Mobile Blackspot Programme aimed at eradicating…
Mr BUCHHOLZ (Wright—Chief Government Whip) (11:23): I acknowledge the wholehearted way in which the previous speaker tried to defend his undefensible position. Mr Brendan O'Connor: Indefensible. Mr BUCHHOLZ: Indefensible—thank you. With the Fair Work (Registered Organisations) Amendment Bill 2014 [No. 2] we intend to establish an independent watchdog, the Registered Organisations Commission, to monitor and regulate registered organisations,…
We move on to the part of the agenda for the resumption of the debate on the Labor 2013-14 Budget Savings (Measures No. 1) Bill 2014. Potentially, the bill implements Labor's 2013 budget policy of repealing the second round of carbon tax related personal income tax cuts that are due to start on 1 July…