Tag: Political Parties
Gunns needs operating licence to build mill: Brown
The Australian Greens have released legal advice suggesting Gunns cannot start building its northern Tasmanian pulp mill.[MORE]
Greens want Keppel Is resort plans scrapped
Greens candidate for the seat of Keppel in Queensland, Paul Bambrick, says the plans for a Great Keppel Island resort are not worth reviewing. [MORE]
Falls organisers in talks on traffic jam
The founder of the Tasmanian Falls Festival is putting his case to politicians today, to ensure traffic chaos will not occur at next year's event.[MORE]
Springborg begins defining political year
Qld Opposition Leader Lawrence Springborg begins the election year.[MORE]
Republic referendum 'destined to fail'
ACT Liberal Senator Gary Humphries says a referendum on becoming a republic is destined to fail. [MORE]
Power plays revealed with 1978 Cabinet minutes release
1978 Cabinet papers reveal there was a split in the Bjelke-Petersen Ministry over a new power station in Qld.[MORE]
Nile's topless ban fails to take off
The NSW Government and Opposition will not be heeding a call for a vote to ban topless sunbathing.[MORE]
Nile resumes crusade against topless bathing
The Reverend Fred Nile has resumed his crusade against topless sunbathing.[MORE]
Qld Greens yet to decide preference deals
The Queensland Greens say they have not yet considered preference deals ahead of the next state election.[MORE]
Opposition slates Government over road infrastructure
The State Opposition claims Tasmania would be in a better position to deal with the global financial crisis if the Government had properly invested in the state's infrastructure.[MORE]
PS union calls for open debate on job cuts
The union representing Tasmanian public servants is calling for more openness and less bickering from the political parties about possible job cuts.[MORE]
Rees blames sackings, mini-Budget for poll
The NSW Premier Nathan Rees says his Government is 'back on track' despite a horror poll result.[MORE]
Poll blow: Labor vote at 26 per cent
The latest Newspoll has seen the NSW Labor Government's primary vote slip to 26 per cent.[MORE]
Joyce, Milne lash out at emissions target
The Federal Government appears to be a long way from winning unanimous Coalition support for its emissions trading scheme.[MORE]
Lobbyists singled out in ALP election loss
A review of the WA Labor Party's recent election defeat has found the single biggest factor contributing to the loss, was the ongoing exposure of the lobbying activities of Brian Burke and Julian Grill.[MORE]
Sue Napier diagnosed with breast cancer
Tasmanian Liberal MP Sue Napier has been diagnosed with breast cancer. [MORE]
PM to join WA Premier for talks on Ord River scheme
The Prime Minister Kevin Rudd will join the Premier Colin Barnett in Kununurra tomorrow, for talks on the Ord River irrigation scheme.[MORE]
Will Hodgman supports dad - as long as party needs him
Tasmania's Opposition leader says his father will have to face Liberal pre-selection for the 2010 election like all other candidates.[MORE]
Daylight Saving group launched as new Qld political party
Queensland has a new political party after the Daylight Saving For South East Queensland party was launched this morning in Brisbane.[MORE]
Costello needs to be on frontbench: Abbott
Tony Abbott says if Peter Costello is going to stay in Parliament he cannot remain a backbencher.[MORE]
Greens pressure Govt to match Europe's emissions cuts
The Greens say a new European pact to cut greenhouse gas emissions puts added pressure on the Government to take firm action.[MORE]
Labor Party raps Qld MP over court threat
The Labor Party says a Queensland MP has been reprimanded again after trying to sue a second person in a month.[MORE]
Split vote nothing to do with Coalition disunity: Joyce
Barnaby Joyce has hit back strongly at criticism from Opposition frontbencher Tony Abbott.[MORE]
Turnbull committed to Coalition
Federal Opposition leader Malcolm Turnbull says disagreements between the Liberals and Nationals in the Coalition should be extremely rare.[MORE]
Truss blames consultation failure for split vote
Nationals leader Warren Truss says the Opposition backbench was not properly consulted on an infrastructure bill last week, which led to a messy split vote in the Senate.[MORE]
