03 February, 2012
Industry Minister Greg Combet refuses to discuss industry job losses – instead inflames Labor’s civil war on its leadership trying to save 1 job – Julia Gillard’s.
With over 1,000 jobs gone just in the last week alone at companies like Holden, Toyota, Westpac and Reckitt Benckiser (the make...
02 February, 2012
In the wake of stinging criticism of Australia’s industrial relations system and workplace culture from Toyota Australia President and Chief Executive, Max Yasuda, the newly installed Industry Minister Greg Combet simply chooses to bury his head in the sand rather than face up to some basic home tru...
02 February, 2012
While the Government beats its chest about car industry support, the Workplace Relations Minister exposes himself as utterly clueless about the billions of dollars of assistance Labor is providing.
On the ABC’s 7:30 program last night, Bill Shorten produced this astounding piece of a...
01 February, 2012
Julia Gillard’s words on the future of the car industry and business innovation at her so-called major speech today are hollow because they again lack credibility.
Ms Gillard raised the role of sovereign risk in current global instability, but neglected to mention her own broken promises t...
30 January, 2012
While the Government beats its chest about car industry support, the Assistant Treasurer exposes himself as utterly clueless about the billions of dollars of assistance Labor is providing.
On the ABC’s 7:30 program last night, Bill Shorten produced this astounding piece of accounting...
25 January, 2012
The Australian Chamber of Commerce and Industry has declared that the carbon tax could not come at a worse time.
Greg Evans, Director of Economics and Industry Policy, ACCI said:
“Trade union leaders that are out there legitimately in support of the car industry should be te...
24 January, 2012
At a crucial time for manufacturing, with the announcement of 350 jobs being shed at Toyota Australia yesterday, the Industry Minister, Greg Combet, remains hidden away and mute leaving all of the heavy lifting to dumped cabinet minister and industry fringe dweller Kim Carr.
Mr Combet’s ide...
18 January, 2012
Unlike Labor the Coalition has never broken its promises to the car industry. It’s desperately hypocritical for Labor to feign concern about the Coalition’s car industry policy, given its own chaotic dealings and track record.
The following table displays a litany of Labor’s broken promises...
16 January, 2012
With Labor’s waste and mismanagement adding $100 million a day to Australia’s already massive net debt, it’s high time Julia Gillard started to take responsibility for the Government’s relentless spending rather than deflecting through veiled criticism of economic management in some European countri...
13 January, 2012
Cabinet discard Kim Carr’s latest outburst in the media today, calling on the Coalition to save blue collar jobs in the motor vehicle industry, is the height of hypocrisy given Labor’s nearly $2 billion in broken promises to that industry.
It was only a year ago that Labor made savage cuts ...