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NBN 'won't be derailed'
Paul :: ID :: USA | about 1 month ago
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Minister Stephen Conroy said opposition attempts to block his reforms, including a plan to force Telstra to separate, would be a blow to consumers but would not derail the government's $43 billion broadband network. Kevin Rudd also ridiculed the Coalition...
Tags: Telstra, Stephen Conroy, Nationals Senate, Coalition, minister stephen
Turnbull faces colleagues in party room showdown
Canberra :: Australia | about 1 month ago
Credibility Mr Turnbull's authority after weeks of internal division on the issue that has damaged his leadership. Mr Turnbull had nothing to say as he entered the party room flanked by Deputy Leader Julie Bishop and emissions trading spokesman Ian Macfarlane. Similarly,...
Tags: climate change, parties room, Ian Macfarlane, emissions trading, Mr Turnbull, spokesman ian, Nationals Senate, Canberra, trading scheme, Barnaby Joyce
Rudd 'chasing limelight' in UN bid
Sydney :: Australia | about 1 month ago
Credibility But Acting Opposition Leader Julie Bishop has told Sky News that Prime Minister Kevin Rudd cannot take all the credit. She also renewed her criticism of the Government's bid to win a temporary seat on the United Nations Security Council. "There are certain...
Tags: Australian, Nationals Senate, pensioners increase, executive pay
Turnbull in 'bid to join Labor'
Canberra :: Australia | 3 months ago
Credibility Turnbull wanted to become Kim Beazley's shadow finance minister during the second term of the Howard Government, according to senior Labor figures. Labor stalwarts including Bob Hawke and Mr Beazley say Mr Turnbull approached senior ALP figures, including...
Tags: Barnaby Joyce, Malcolm Turnbull, senator joyce, News Ltd Mr Turnbull, Nationals Senate, opposition leaders, leaders malcolm, nuclear power, ALP, trading scheme
Dalai Lama cannot sit in Senate gallery
Canberra :: Australia | 3 months ago
Credibility The Australian Greens, who tried to gain permission for the exiled Tibetan leader to sit in the gallery, blamed "fear of Beijing" for the decision. Relations between Canberra and Beijing have been tense following the detention of mining executive Stern...
Joyce invites minister to 'step outside'
Sydney :: Australia | 3 months ago
Credibility The south-west Queensland property, regarded as Australia's biggest cotton producer, is on the market for about $450 million. Queensland's Natural Resources Minister Stephen Robertson has accused Senator Joyce of personally accepting $9000 from the station's...
Tags: Barnaby Joyce, Queensland Parliament, Australia, Nationals Senate
Turnbull feels heat, early poll on cards
Canberra :: Australia | 3 months ago
Credibility Phillip Coorey Chief Political Correspondent August 11, 2009 THE Government has stepped up its threat of an early election on climate change after rejecting Malcolm Turnbull's latest move to negotiate a significantly altered emissions trading scheme...
Tags: Malcolm Turnbull, emissions trade, Nationals Senate, trade scheme, Mr Turnbull, opposition leader, leader malcolm, climate change, Coalition, party room
Joyce gives up Lower House ambitions
Canberra :: Australia | 6 months ago
Credibility Earlier this year Senator Joyce floated the idea of moving from the Senate to the Lower House. But he has not been able to strike a deal for a Liberal senator to take his place and says he is not prepared to risk the Nationals losing one of their numbers...
Tags: Lower House, Barnaby Joyce, Nationals Senate
Rio share price falls over deal doubts
Sydney :: Australia | 8 months ago
Credibility THE market is bracing itself for the potential for a $US10 billion ($15.1 billion) rights issue from Rio Tinto as the possibility grows that its deal with Chinalco will not go ahead. Rio shares tumbled nearly 9 per cent, or $4.51, to $47.50 yesterday...
Tags: Rio Tinto, Chinalco, Foreign Investment Review Board, China Blocks Coke, Senate Economics Committee, Du Plessis, rio share, Nationals Senate, Australian, BHP Billiton
Rio Tinto Issues Gloomy Outlook
Melbourne :: Australia | 8 months ago
Credibility Rio Tinto Ltd., which has been making a case to shareholders and regulators that it needs a $19.5 billion investment from a state-controlled Chinese company, warned that global commodity markets are unlikely to rebound much this year and said the downturn...
Tags: Chinalco, Barnaby Joyce, Rio Tinto Ltd, Nationals Senate, Rio Tinto Group, Australia Australian, television commercials
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