Posts by Michelle Lewis
Leaders’ Retreat No Holiday For COAG
WEST Australian Senator Linda Reynolds does not believe a jaunt to an expensive luxury resort on Kangaroo Island by COAG leaders is the best use of taxpayer funds. Following a COAG meeting last week, Prime Minister Abbott revealed Premiers and Chief Ministers from across Australia would convene for a Leaders Retreat in July, with GST…
Read MorePremiers to the Pilbara
WEST Australian Senator Linda Reynolds has called for the Council of Australian Government (COAG) Leaders Retreat to be held in the Pilbara. Following COAG’s latest meeting last week Prime Minister Tony Abbott will host Premiers and Chief Ministers from across Australia at a “Leaders Retreat” in July. This will provide an opportunity for further discussions…
Read MoreANZAC Centenary Speech Notes – Kalamunda RSL
Thank you. It is a great honour to be here with my fellow service men and women and your families and friends. As a Gooseberry Hill girl, and now a member of the Kalamunda RSL, it is particularly meaningful to join you for this ANZAC ceremony in the Centenary year of the Gallipoli landing. On…
Read MoreCompetitive Federalism Could Be The Answer To WA’s GST Crisis
ADOPTING a model of competitive federalism could be the long term answer to WA’s GST crisis, according to West Australian Senator Linda Reynolds. Senator Reynolds said without changes to the way Australian federation operated within our constitution, poorly performing states and territories would never have an incentive to innovate and transform. “Under the current system…
Read MoreReport By A Majority Of Senators Attending The Inquiry: Illicit Firearms
WEST Australian Senator Linda Reynolds has joined fellow Coalition Senators and Senator David Leyonhjelm in releasing a Report on the findings of a Senate Inquiry into gun related violence in the community. A separate report issued by Chair of the Inquiry Greens Senator Penny Wright, was only supported by a single Labor Senator. The majority…
Read MoreWA Senator Welcomes National Ice Taskforce
WEST Australian Senator Linda Reynolds has welcomed the establishment of a National Ice Taskforce as part of the Coalition Government’s efforts to counter the endemic use of the illicit drug ice. The Taskforce, announced by Prime Minister Tony Abbott today, will develop a national plan to tackle the growing health and social crisis caused by…
Read MoreDarwin hosts inquiry into young people in nursing homes
A SENATE inquiry considering the plight of younger Australians living in aged care will hear testimony from the disability sector at a hearing in the Northern Territory this week. Last November, after hearing the stories of young people in aged care, Liberal Senator Linda Reynolds secured bipartisan support for a Senate Inquiry into the adequacy…
Read MoreLabor and The Greens Vote to Decrease ADF Pay
LABOR and the Greens have played politics with the interests of Australia’s servicemen and women by gagging debate and voting to cut defence pay in the Senate today, according to Senator Linda Reynolds. Senator Reynolds described The Greens and Labor’s decision to support Independent Jacqui Lambie’s Private Member’s Bill as insanity and questioned how any…
Read MoreDefence Amendment (Fair Pay for Members of the ADF) Bill 2014 Second Reading
Senator REYNOLDS (Western Australia) (10:27): I too rise today to speak on the Defence Amendment (Fair Pay for Members of the ADF) Bill 2014. On 1 December last year, I rose in this place to speak on the initial ADF pay offer of 1.5 per cent per annum. At that time, I noted the budget…
Read MoreMatters Of Public Importance: Indigenous Affairs
Senator REYNOLDS (Western Australia) (16:42): I am somewhat saddened in rising to speak on this MPI. Listening to Senator Peris highlighted for me exactly why we have to work so much harder to close the gap. It particularly saddens me that this MPI reads: The impact of the Abbott Government’s decision to cut half a…
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