The Rudd Government has given Australians further reason to question whether it believes in anything by axing a promised rewards card it never managed to deliver under its bungled Green Loans program, Shadow Parliamentary Secretary for Climate Action Simon Birmingham said today. “The cancellation of the mythical $50 Green Rewards Card represents a…
DetailsThe Rudd Government can find nearly $50 million in budget savings by coming clean on its $50 Green Loans fib. As well as leaving 100,000 Australians unable to access the promised loans, and thousands of assessors out of work, the bungled Green Loans program has involved a further broken promise in the form…
DetailsWater from the New South Wales and Queensland floods will be wasted as result of Kevin Rudd’s failure to deliver promised infrastructure works to the Menindee Lakes, Coalition Murray Darling Basin spokesman Senator Simon Birmingham said today.? “Estimates in Labor’s own 2007 election policy document indicate that 200 billion litres could be saved…
DetailsThe release of review findings into the Rudd Government’s bungled Green Loans program will be pursued by the Coalition in Parliament this week*, Shadow Parliamentary Secretary for Climate Action Simon Birmingham said today. The failed Green Loans program has left 100,000 Australians unable to access the promised loans, and thousands of assessors out…
DetailsDamning new information on the Rudd Government’s disastrous home insulation program shows the Government was ignoring its own warnings, including of possible deaths, Shadow Parliamentary Secretary for Climate Action Simon Birmingham said today. The bungled $2.5 billion scheme left an estimated 240,000 homes with dangerous or sub-standard insulation and has been linked with…
DetailsFrustration at the Rudd Government’s apparent contempt for accountability has prompted Senator Simon Birmingham to ask what more can be done to ensure Senate Estimates questions are answered in a more timely manner. Senator Birmingham has written to the Chair of the Senate’s Procedures Committee, Senator Alan Ferguson, to ask that the committee…
DetailsBuilding societies and credit unions have joined banks in expressing dissatisfaction at Peter Garrett’s incompetent mismanagement of the bungled Green Loans program, Shadow Parliamentary Secretary for Climate Action Simon Birmingham said today. In its submission* to a Senate inquiry into the Green Loans debacle, Abacus (the Association of Building Societies and Credit Unions)…
DetailsThe Rudd Government should urgently develop strategies to boost tourism across the Murray River region suffering as a result of prolonged drought, Coalition Murray Darling Basin spokesman Simon Birmingham said today. Senator Birmingham has written to Tourism Minister Martin Ferguson to urge such an approach, following tourism industry concern at the tone of…
DetailsThe Rudd Government’s forced revelations of allegations of serious fraud, non-compliance and rorting of taxpayer’s money, is another example of Environment Minister Peter Garrett’s fundamental failure to manage major Government programs. This revelation comes after the second cancellation and the release of the Hawke Report highlighting the widespread rorting, waste and safety concerns…
DetailsBanks have shed more light on Environment Minister Peter Garrett’s incompetent bungling of the Rudd Government’s Green Loans program, Shadow Parliamentary Secretary for Climate Action Simon Birmingham said today. Details are contained in a submission from the Australian Bankers’ Association (ABA) to the Senate’s inquiry into the failed Green Loans program, which has…
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