I am saddened to hear that the Honourable Al Grassby passed away early this morning after a long illness – a few months short of his 79th birthday. My thoughts are with his wife Ellnor, his daughter Gabriella and their extended family.
Al made Canberra his home after retiring from politics and will be missed by [...]
Monthly Archives: April 2005
Canberra loses the father of multiculturalism
Canberrans let down again by the Howard Government on Medicare
The Howard Government has broken another key election promise by cutting funding to Medicare and raising the safety net threshold.
Yesterday the Prime Minister admitted the safety net is an unsustainable policy. This comes after the Howard Government spent $20 million of taxpayer’s money during the last election campaign telling Australian families about the Medicare safety [...]
Deepest sympathies for families’ loss
My thoughts are with families, friends and colleagues of the nine service men and women so tragically lost on the Indonesian island of Nias recently.
The Australian people have come to hear of the incredible character and spirit of these nine individuals and of the true loss to the loved ones they leave behind.
To the families [...]
PM’s no-confidence vote on Canberra
The Howard Government is hypocritical in condemning the ACT for poor tourism performance when the Prime Minister himself damages Canberra’s image nationally and internationally by choosing not to live here.
How can the Federal Government expect tourists to flock to a place their own Prime Minister chooses to avoid?
The Prime Minister’s move to the Lodge is [...]
Manufactured export growth hits record lows
Australia’s manufacturing export growth continues to slump to new record lows in March an Australian Industry Group report showed today. Following on from record lows in February, the Performance of Manufacturing Index (PMI) exports showed a decline of 5.6 points in March. The figure is down to 41.0, indicating dramatic negative growth in manufacturing exports, [...]
