17 November, 2008
A new study finding 1 in 3 teenage boys think it’s “no big deal to hit a girl” is evidence that the “Violence Against Women: Australia says No” campaign should have been maintained by the Rudd Government, Sophie Mirabella MP, Shadow Minister for Women & Youth said today.
“There has now been a 1...
14 November, 2008
While the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Education, Employment, Workplace Relations and Social Inclusion says there is little the Government can do at the moment about ABC Learning, there is something she may be doing now to assist Defence Force families who have become entangled in the ABC ...
12 November, 2008
Once again in Question Time today, the Deputy Prime Minister, continued to show her complete lack of understanding for the crisis facing thousands of parents and children embroiled in the ABC Learning collapse, Sophie Mirabella, Shadow Minister for Childhood Education, Childcare, Women and Youth sai...
12 November, 2008
Julia Gillard should be slamming her ALP colleagues in NSW over their decision to slug childcare centres with a new licence fee, Sophie Mirabella MP, Shadow Minister for Early Childhood Education and Childcare said today.
“At a time of crisis in the child care industry, Ms Gillard’s Labor colleague...
12 November, 2008
With 400 ABC Learning Centres labelled “unprofitable”, the Rudd Government is planing to build new Childcare Centres within a 5 km radius of 113 ABC Learning Centres, Sophie Mirabella MP, Shadow Minister for Early Childhood Education and Childcare revealed today.
“The Rudd Government is currently b...
11 November, 2008
The Government’s lack of a clear contingency plan for the future of ABC Childcare Centres could mean the further decline of the financial situation before the Government announces their long-term plan in December, Sophie Mirabella MP, Shadow Minister for Early Childhood Education and Childcare said ...
10 November, 2008
Minister Gillard’s decision to launch a personal political attack during Question Time was a sad attempt to deflect attention away from the Government’s failure to outline a clear contingency plan for Australian families attending ABC Childcare Centres, Sophie Mirabella MP, Shadow Minister for Early...
07 November, 2008
“She rode into Parliament as the woman who toppled a Prime Minister in his own seat. She was lauded as a new great talent of the Australian Labor Party but has anyone heard recently from Maxine McKew? Isn’t she part of the so-called “education revolution?” Shadow Minister for Early Childhood Educati...
07 November, 2008
Whilst the Coalition welcomes the belated bailout of ABC Learning Centres, there is still no certainty for parents post-Christmas, Sophie Mirabella MP, Shadow Minister for Early Childhood Education and Childcare said today.
“The attempt by the Minister for Education Julia Gillard to deflect blame f...
06 November, 2008
“The demise of ABC Learning today, the largest childcare provider in the country, is a devastating blow to thousands of parents, the 100,000 children who attend ABC Centres and the 12,000 employees of the company who make up a quarter of the country’s childcare workforce,” Sophie Mirabella, Shadow M...