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When the Opposition party room gave the go-ahead to negotiate with the Government on the amendments, Malcolm Turnbull said that if the Government agreed to them all, he would recommend supporting the bills. But Senator Minchin told Fairfax radio there...
Tags: emissions trading, Nick Minchin, Malcolm Turnbull, Liberal Senate, Coalition, government accepted
Vancouver International Airport for the loss of her son. A federal judge has denied a request from terror suspect Mohamed Harkat to further loosen his bail conditions — with one exception.
Tags: Liberal, liberal senate, justice minister, Senate, Rob Nicholson
The Coalition argues that there might not be time to debate the legislation before the end of this parliamentary year, but the Government says it is a trick that Australians will not stand for. Opposition Leader Malcolm Turnbull has taken a hit in the...
Tags: Queensland Liberal National Party, Coalition, Liberal Senate, Peter Dutton, Liberal Party, Federal Liberals, Mr Turnbull, Malcolm Turnbull, emissions trading, trading scheme
Michelle Grattan August 13, 2009 THE OzCar affair will continue to haunt Malcolm Turnbull and Liberal frontbencher Eric Abetz, after the Senate referred to the privileges committee Opposition dealings with the key witness who appeared before a Senate...
Tags: Liberal Senate, Eric Abetz, ozcar affair, privileges committee
The shadow cabinet held a phone hook-up this afternoon and has agreed to vote for the legislation this year if the Government agrees to a number of amendments. All this is aimed at avoiding turning the legislation into a trigger for a double dissolution...
Tags: Nick Minchin, emissions trading, Liberal Senate, dissolution election, senator leader, double dissolution, Labor, Coalition, trading scheme, leader nick
Coalition decision on whether to oppose the Government's Fair Work Bill, with Malcolm Turnbull caught between a macho Peter Costello and the spectre of WorkChoices. As speculation about Mr Costello's future continued, Liberal Senate leader Nick Minchin...
Tags: Malcolm Turnbull, Mr Turnbull, Peter Costello, leader malcolm, Liberal Senate, current form, Liberal Party federal council, Mr Costello
Despite serious concerns about the Sugarloaf pipeline, which will take 75 billion litres of water from the basin to Melbourne, Liberal Senate leader Nick Minchin said the Opposition would back the takeover of the basin from the states and the ACT. Water...
Tags: Nick Minchin, Liberal Senate, Penny Wong, senator leader
Joanna Smith Ottawa Bureau Ottawa–The federal heritage minister should not have the power to decide which films and television shows get public money, Liberal senators said yesterday. Senators Francis Fox and Wilfred Moore said they and their colleagues...
Tags: Liberal Senate, tax credits, senator francis, House of Commons, Francis Fox, senator say, heritage minister, deny tax, omnibus tax, ET Liberal