17 April, 2009
The Rudd Government and Health Minister Nicola Roxon have been forced into a humiliating back-flip on the Government’s position to give revenue collected under the Alcopops Tax back to the distillers.Federal Member for Indi Sophie Mirabella today said the Alcopops Tax was never a genuine health meas...
15 April, 2009
Federal Member for Indi and Shadow Minister for Childcare Sophie Mirabella MP has welcomed the belated announcement by the Receiver PPB on the future of the Wahgunyah ABC Learning Centre, but has criticised the Government for leaving Barnawartha parents out in the cold.“This announcement comes with ...
15 April, 2009
The Rudd Government should now stop hiding behind failed ABC Learning and reveal their own Childcare plans following the announcement today that 87% of ABC2 Group Centres would remain open, Shadow Minister for Early Childhood Education and Childcare Sophie Mirabella said today.
“I am glad that the ...
14 April, 2009
Federal Liberal Member for Indi Sophie Mirabella MP has slammed the Victorian Labor Government as “gutless and weak” in response to evidence presented at the Senate Committee hearing into the Water Amendment (Saving the Goulburn and Murray Rivers) Bill 2008 in Shepparton yesterday.“The inquiry saw n...
14 April, 2009
“Australian parents and early learning childhood teachers should be concerned about the Rudd Government’s bizarre attempt to foist political correctness on the youngest of all Australians, Shadow Minister for Early Childhood Education and Childcare Sophie Mirabella MP said today.“If the Government’s...
08 April, 2009
The Coalition believes well paid, skilled and secure jobs are dependent on innovation and enterprise, along with low taxes and incentives that make it easy for businesses to invest in people, Federal Member for Indi, Sophie Mirabella MP said today, who is hosting a Community Jobs forum in Wodonga.“O...
08 April, 2009
Federal Liberal member for Indi, Sophie Mirabella has thrown her support behind the Euroa Men’s Shed.Mrs Mirabella, on a recent visit to Euroa met with board members and Co-ordinator Mr Brett Thomas, and pledged her support behind the organisations push for a bigger and better shed in order for the ...
07 April, 2009
On World Health Day 2009, Federal Liberal Member for Indi Sophie Mirabella MP, criticised the Rudd and Brumby Government’s blatant neglect of local hospitals and our health system.“Kevin Rudd went to the last election promising to fix hospitals and revolutionise our health system. He has failed to a...
07 April, 2009
Sophie Mirabella MP, Federal Liberal Member for Indi spoke today on the Brumby Government’s change of heart on the Mount Buffalo Chalet.“Premier John Brumby, while in the Indigo Shire to promote tourism to the region, promised that an alternative operator would be named in the not too distant future...
03 April, 2009
“The Coalition has developed a six-point Small Business Action Plan to give small businesses in the North-east the appropriate support they need to lead Australia’s economic recovery,” Federal Liberal Member for Indi, Sophie Mirabella MP said today.“The Coalition believes small business is the most ...