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June 2007

• Government Partly To Blame For Telstra Job Losses In Ballarat

  Press Releases June 27 2007  |  Download press release  |  Read more »

  The Federal Government should share the blame for over 80 Telstra workers in Ballarat losing their jobs, FAMILY FIRST Leader and Senator for Victoria Steve Fielding told the Senate last week.

• Abolish HECS Debts for Doctors Who Go To Remote Indigenous Communities

  Press Releases June 25 2007  |  Download press release  |  Read more »

  FAMILY FIRST applauds the Government’s action to take charge of remote indigenous communities but is concerned the shortage of doctors in regional Australia could undermine the health plan.

• Where Is Aquifer Report? FAMILY FIRST Wants Answers

  Press Releases June 25 2007  |  Download press release  |  Read more »

  The Federal Government must explain why a final report about the Latrobe Aquifer has not been released, as promised.

  FAMILY FIRST Leader and Senator for Victoria Steve Fielding said the $5.2 million study was commissioned by the federal and state governments in October last year and due in June.

• FAMILY FIRST Introduces Legislation Today to Stop Banks Ripping Off Customers

  Press Releases June 21 2007  |  Download press release  |  Read more »

  Australians are being robbed by banks with exorbitant penalty fees and FAMILY FIRST will today introduce a Bill to stop the ruthless profit grab.

  Low income families are hardest hit by penalty fees of up to $50 for every dishonoured periodic payment, direct debit or cheque. For some Australians, that is a third of their weekly income and a huge burden.

• FAMILY FIRST Success In Establishing Senate Inquiry Into Predatory Pricing Bill

  Press Releases June 21 2007  |  Download press release  |  Read more »

  FAMILY FIRST has succeeded in establishing a Senate inquiry into its legislation to protect small businesses from predatory pricing, where business giants drop their prices to drive out smaller competitors.

• SPEECH TO PARLIAMENT: Overseas Aid, Maternal Health

  Speeches June 21 2007  |  Download speech  |  Read more »

  FAMILY FIRST opposes the diverting of scarce foreign aid funds to abortions because the demands on Australia’s foreign aid money are already so great.

• SPEECH TO PARLIAMENT: Australian Securities and Investments Commission

  Speeches June 21 2007  |  Download speech  |  Read more »

  (Fair Bank and Credit Card Fees) Amendment Bill 2007

• FAMILY FIRST Disappointed Government Fails to Protect WOrkers’ Redundancy Benefits

  Press Releases June 20 2007  |  Download press release  |  Read more »

  FAMILY FIRST today succeeded in amending Work Choices and doubling the protection period for workers’ redundancy pay to two years. The whole Senate supported FAMILY FIRST’s action.

• SPEECH TO PARLIAMENT: (Rural and Regional Affairs and Transport Committee):

  Speeches June 20 2007  |  Download speech  |  Read more »

  Report regarding the final import risk analysis report for apples from New Zealand

• Government Threatening Australian Farmers’ Livelihoods By Importing NZ Apples

  Press Releases June 19 2007  |  Download press release  |  Read more »

  FAMILY FIRST is very concerned fire blight could enter Australia, following the Government’s decision to overturn an 85-year-old ban on the importation of apples from New Zealand, which has been ravaged by the bacterial disease.

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