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September 2009

• No immediate action on execs pay: govt

  News Clippings AAP, by AAP, September 30 2009  |  Download clipping  |  Read more »

  Family First senator Steve Fielding said he would move amendments to Labor legislation governing executive pay so that all golden handshakes over $1 million had to be approved by shareholders.

• Rural students up against the odds

  News Clippings David McKenzie, by David McKenzie, September 30 2009  |  Download clipping  |  Read more »

  RURAL students are severely disadvantaged compared with their city cousins and need more federal support, a Senate inquiry has heard.

• Senator claims government changes would have hit hard

  News Clippings Clare Quirk, by Clare Quirk, September 30 2009  |  Download clipping  |  Read more »

  PLANS to overhaul quarantine systems could have left more than 30 Alpine Shire residents jobless, according to Family First Senator Steve Fielding.

• Fielding seeks ETS conscience vote

  News Clippings Michelle Grattan, by Michelle Grattan, September 30 2009  |  Download clipping  |  Read more »

  FAMILY First senator Steve Fielding has called on Opposition Leader Malcolm Turnbull to give Coalition MPs a conscience vote on emissions trading scheme legislation.

• MUMS AND DADS SHOULD BE WORRIED ABOUT INTEREST RATES

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

  The Rudd Government needs to make sure it’s armed with a second plan of attack to wind-back its stimulus spending so interest rates don’t sky rocket out of control, Family First Leader Senator Steve Fielding said.

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  Senator Fielding on stimulus inquiry

  Audio/Video September 28 2009

• Low interest rates in the balance

  News Clippings Michael Harvey, by Michael Harvey, September 28 2009  |  Download clipping  |  Read more »

  THE future of Australia’s low interest rate honeymoon is in the frame today as Reserve Bank Governor Glenn Stevens fronts a key Senate committee.

• ‘Sledge hammer’ approach hurting regional students

  News Clippings Zoe Rudder, by Zoe Rudder, September 28 2009  |  Download clipping  |  Read more »

  UP to 60 per cent less regional youth will go to university if the Federal Government does not make changes to its new youth allowance system, Family First Senator Steve Fielding warned in Wangaratta last week.

• Fed govt needs stimulus exit plan Fielding says, after RBA

  News Clippings September 28 2009  |  Read more »

  The federal government needs to have an exit plan for its economic stimulus spending to ensure Australians are not subject to sharp interest rate rises, Family First Senator Steve Fielding says.

• Senators divided over Ken Henry no-show

  News Clippings Drew Cratchley, by Drew Cratchley, September 28 2009  |  Download clipping  |  Read more »

  A Senate inquiry into the federal government’s $42 billion stimulus spending has only heard half the picture due to the tactics of coalition senators, committee members say.

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