RRAT report on Inland Rail
I rise to speak to the report of the Rural and Regional Affairs References Committee on the Inland Rail. It’s about a part of Queensland that, like Senator Chisholm, I’m very passionate about, not least because I grew up there…
Family Assistance Legislation Amendment (Child Care Subsidy) Bill 2021
Let’s just get a couple of things out on the table before I start getting taunts about being a dinosaur and all that sort of stuff. I stayed at home for four years, at my choice, so I could help raise my children. I happily attended mothers groups and things like that. I want to be clear, I’m not talking about kindergarten either. I come from a long line of working mothers. Indeed, my great-great-aunt taught maths and physics at All Hallows’ School for 50 years. She had a hall named after her. My grandmother was a teacher who had eight children, four before the war and four after the war. My mother, my wife and my sisters all worked. So this is not an attack on working mothers or anything like that. However, I would like to see greater choice in child care…
Take Note: Income Support Payments
No-one is saying that the scheme is perfect and that we haven’t made mistakes. We’ve owned up to that, but we’ll never apologise for trying to automate processes in terms of the tax and transfer system in this country. When it comes to talking about subsidies for the rich, I think Labor should take a good look at themselves in the mirror…
