Transcript The Howard Government has once again put ideology ahead of affordable broadband by announcing the Telstra fire sale. This sale, with half the shares kept in the so-called future fund, means the Howard Government will continue to protect Telstra’s monopoly, leaving consumers frustrated with the lack of affordable broadband in many areas. Residents in [...]
Monthly Archives: August 2006
Radio Kate: ABC Culture Wars
Transcript The Howard Government is continuing its culture and history wars through even more blatant interference in the ABC. A yet to be completed ABC drama series chronicling the 1998 waterfront dispute has been attacked by a Liberal Senator as being anti-Howard government despite assurances by the distinguished writer Sue Smith that she has gone [...]
Radio Kate: Migration Bill
Transcript Labor welcomes the withdrawal of the controversial Migration Bill. Every member of the Labor Party was lined up to vote against it and it seems at least one Liberal was prepared to cross the floor in the Senate. The withdrawal of this appalling Migration Bill relating to the processing of asylum seekers offshore and [...]
Radio Kate: Canberra Hospitality Workers
Transcript The Senate heard today that a shocking 164 workers were found to be underpaid by 48 Canberra restaurants in recent investigations. These investigations and results only occurred as a result of Labor raising complaints about underpaid skilled migrant cooks and chefs in Parliament. These complaints were ignored by the Government for months. In an [...]
Radio Kate: Migration Bill
Transcript This Migration Bill represents a serious test of credibility and values of members of the Howard Government. It is a test Senators like Gary Humphries will fail if he supports this Bill, because that will prove he and others have abandoned principles they claim to have held twelve months ago. These principles meant that: [...]
Senator Vanstone’s ‘own goal’ on hospitality worker underpayments
The Senate heard today that a shocking 164 workers were found to be underpaid by 48 Canberra restaurants in recent investigations. These investigations and results only occurred as a result of Labor raising complaints about underpaid skilled migrant cooks and chefs in Parliament – these complaints were ignored by the Government for months. The extent [...]
Migration vote a test of credibility for Humphries
The Senate will soon be required to vote on a Migration Amendment Bill after the Bill passed through the House of Representatives at 1pm today. We can only hope that Liberal Senators will follow their colleagues in the House Judy Moylan, Petro Georgiou and Russell Broadbent who crossed the floor on the principle of the [...]
Women Rally Against Extreme Workplace Laws
As part of the ANU Women in Education Week, ACT Labor Senator Kate Lundy will be addressing the ‘Woman after Education’ rally at ANU tomorrow at 12.30. The rally has been organised to oppose the Federal Government’s unfair industrial relations laws. Under the Howard Government’s extreme industrial relations changes, many Australian women will have: no [...]
Radio Kate: Israel-Lebanon conflict must stop
Transcript The carnage in the Israel-Lebanon conflict must stop. Labor believes there needs to be an immediate ceasefire to this conflict. The ceasefire needs to involve three key elements: Hezbollah ceasing its rocket attacks against Israel, the return of captured Israeli soldiers, and Israel ceasing hostilities against Southern Lebanon. Labor welcomes the release on Sunday [...]
Canberra’s Payphones Slashed
As a result of the Howard Government’s ongoing privatisation of Telstra, public payphones are set to be slashed across Canberra. Telstra’s plans to slash 5000 payphones this year comes despite the Government’s new ‘scrutiny’ for these removals. The Howard Governments rush to privatisation has left those who are most vulnerable without access to essential telecommunication [...]
