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August 2009

• SENATE INQUIRY WARNS RUDD NOT TO GO SOFT ON UNION THUGGERY‪

  Press Releases August 31 2009  |  Download press release  |  Read more »

  Union thuggery is set to escalate on worksites across the country if the Rudd Government doesn’t listen to the advice it was given at a senate inquiry into the Building and Construction Industry today, Family First Leader Senator Steve Fielding said.‪

• Top 10 ideas for battling booze ‘crisis’

  News Clippings Staff writers, by Staff writers, August 28 2009  |  Download clipping  |  Read more »

  TOUGHER penalties for alcohol-related offences were the most popular response to a call from Family First Senator Steve Fielding for new ideas on tackling binge drinking in Australia.

• TELSTRA FEE PROTEST HYPOCRITICAL: FIELDING

  Press Releases August 28 2009  |  Download press release  |  Read more »

  Nationals Member for Gippsland Darren Chester’s condemnation of Telstra is a joke, Senator Steve Fielding said today.

• Steve Fielding asks Australians: How can we save our drunk nation?

  News Clippings Staff writers, by Staff writers, August 27 2009  |  Download clipping  |  Read more »

  A staffer who drank 12 powerful “Jagerbomb” cocktails in one night has prompted one of Australia’s most powerful politicians to call for all Australians to come forward with new ideas to curb alcohol use.

• Our drunk nation

  News Clippings Senator Steve Fielding, by Senator Steve Fielding, August 27 2009  |  Download clipping  |  Read more »

  I’m going to do something here that most pollies wouldn’t do and ask for help. Help in trying to address Australia’s $16bn alcohol toll. I want the readers of The Punch to leave a comment and share their ideas on how governments can address Australia’s binge drinking culture and the violence which stems from it.

• Student shake-up in doubt

  News Clippings Dan Harrison, by Dan Harrison, August 27 2009  |  Download clipping  |  Read more »

  The Government’s planned changes in student income support are in doubt after a concession to country students failed to satisfy the Coalition and key crossbench senators.

• YOUTH ALLOWANCE: 6 MONTH DELAY ONLY DEFERS NOT FIXES PROBLEM

  Press Releases August 26 2009  |  Download press release  |  Read more »

  The Rudd Government has finally admitted they got it wrong with their youth allowance reforms, Family First Leader Senator Steve Fielding said today.

• Allowances changes creating uncertainty

  News Clippings David McKenzie, by David McKenzie, August 26 2009  |  Download clipping  |  Read more »

  Proposed changes to youth allowance have filled Colac students with uncertainty as they prepare to apply for university places.

• Icy reception for tax plan

  News Clippings Peter Collins, by Peter Collins, August 26 2009  |  Download clipping  |  Read more »

  Away from cosy Parliament House corridors Senator Steve Fielding braved yesterday’s icy south-west Victorian winds to hear farmers’ views on proposed pollution taxes.

• C’MON KEV PUT AN END TO THE PETROL RIP OFF

  Press Releases August 25 2009  |  Download press release  |  Read more »

  The Rudd Government’s review into the Oilcode will do nothing to lower petrol prices for consumers, Family First Leader Senator Steve Fielding said today.

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