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GILLARD’S INSULATION FIRE AND SAFETY SECRECY

20-Aug-2010 Julia Gillard must come clean and break her silence on the numbers of house fires and safety risks under her disastrous Home Insulation Program.The Government has stopped providing media and the public with regular updates on the number of house fires linked to its disastrous insulation scheme.  Updates were being posted on the Department of ... more


Coalition's Plan for Real Action on the Environment, Climate Change and Heritage

19-Aug-2010    more


REAL ACTION TO CLEAN UP LABOR’S HOME INSULATION MESS

18-Aug-2010 The Coalition will provide an additional $30 million to help businesses hit hard by Labor’s bungling of the ‘roof batts’ programme. Long-standing and reputable businesses around Australia have had their livelihoods destroyed by the incompetence and inept economic management of Julia Gillard and Kevin Rudd.Labor has committed just $15 million to ... more


Coalition will Fund a Koo Wee Rup Bypass

13-Aug-2010 Commonwealth funding for an urgently needed truck bypass at Koo Wee Rup will be made available immediately if the Coalition wins office at the Federal election later this month. Flinders Federal MP Greg Hunt said that $3.6 million would be made available to fund stage one of the bypass, with the possibility of more funding further down the ... more


Coalition's $1.3 million Environment Package for the Peninsula

11-Aug-2010 Funding for conservation groups the Thin Green Line Foundation and the Dolphin Research Institute will form part of a Coalition package of environment initiatives for the Mornington Peninsula. Under a Coalition Government, the Dolphin Research Institute at Hastings will receive $500,000 to carry out its important conservation work.The ... more


Koo Wee Rup, Lang Lang and Bayles to Get Green Army Project

10-Aug-2010 Koo Wee Rup, Lang Lang and Bayles will become the focus of one of the first Green Army projects in Australia under the Coalition’s Green Army Plan. If a Coalition Government is elected, work will begin next year on the Cardinia Bandicoot Habitat and Environmental Regeneration Project.A primary focus of the project will be the restoration of ... more


Southern Peninsula Foreshore and Creek Rejuvenation Project

07-Aug-2010 The Southern Peninsula will become home to one of the first Green Army projects in Australia under the Coalition’s Green Army Plan. If a Coalition Government is elected, work will begin next year on the Southern Peninsula Foreshore and Creek Rejuvenation Project.A primary focus of the project will be on work to remedy beach erosion and ... more


Baxter, Somerville and Mt Martha Creek and Wetland Restoration

03-Aug-2010 Baxter, Somerville and Mt Martha will become home to one of the first Green Army projects in Australia under the Coalition’s Green Army Plan. If a Coalition Government is elected, work will begin next year on the Baxter, Somerville and Mt Martha Creek and Wetland Restoration Project.The project aims to assist with the rehabilitation of Watsons ... more


LABOR’S OWN CANDIDATES “DISAPPOINTED” WITH GILLARD’S CITIZENS ASSEMBLY CLUNKER

02-Aug-2010 The ALP’s candidate for Sturt has expressed his disappointment with Labor’s Citizens Assembly policy at a street corner meeting:  “I’m disappointed that the announcement that Julia made a couple of weeks ago didn’t satisfy me that she was pushing climate change to the level of the agenda that it should be.” – Rick Sarre, 891 ABC Adelaide. The ... more


Coalition to Provide $2.5 million to Re-open Warley Hospital

31-Jul-2010 A Coalition Government will provide $2.5 million to upgrade and re-open Warley Hospital at Cowes on Phillip Island. The funding package will be in the form of a one-off capital investment to enable Warley to re-open as a campus of Wonthaggi Hospital under the auspices of the Bass Coast Regional Health Network.The Coalition will work with the ... more


Enhancing the Environment of Phillip Island and the Bass Hills

31-Jul-2010 Phillip Island and the Bass Hills will become home to one of the first Green Army projects in Australia under the Coalition’s Green Army Plan. If a Coalition Government is elected, work will begin next year on the Phillip Island and Bass Hills Habitat Conservation Green Army Project.The project will aim to protect and conserve local remnant ... more


Cowes Ferry Decision a Victory for the Community

29-Jul-2010 Last night’s decision by the Bass Coast Shire Council to reject a car ferry terminus at the Cowes Jetty Triangle is a victory for the community and a victory for common sense. The community owes a huge debt of gratitude to Ian Samuel, Tracey Smythe and the many others who worked tirelessly to ensure that the community’s voice was heard.I spoke to ... more



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