Australians should beware of smoke and mirror tricks in relation to any suggestions Labor is taking an axe to its Climate Change bureaucracy, Acting Shadow Minister for Climate Action, Environment and Heritage Simon Birmingham said today. It follows the revelation that the head of the Department of Climate Change and Energy Efficiency (DCCEE),…
The Gillard Government should not waste one more cent on trying to sell to taxpayers its unpopular carbon tax, Acting Shadow Minister for Climate Action, Environment and Heritage Simon Birmingham said today. A half-year report on Government advertising suggests the Gillard Government spent $16.8 million on media placement or ‘media buy’ for carbon…
MARK COLVIN: The Federal Opposition says a scathing audit report on the Australia Network tender process calls into question the future of the Communications Minister, Stephen Conroy. The Auditor-General says the 13-month process to decide on an operator for the overseas television service was flawed and cast the Government in a poor light. The…
ANDREW GREENE: Hello and welcome to Capital Hill. I’m Andrew Greene on a day of dramatic developments in two long-awaited investigations troubling the Gillard Government. First, this morning, the Commonwealth Auditor-General highlighted a series of flaws in the Government’s handling of the tender for the Australia Network contract. Then, hours later, Fair Work Australia…
CHRIS UHLMANN: Today offered another insight into the dysfunction at the heart of the Gillard Government during its simmering leadership tensions. An Auditor-General’s report declared the flawed tender process for the overseas television service cast the Government in a poor light and raised questions about its fairness. The tender panel twice recommended Sky TV…