Senator Steve Fielding - Leader of Family First
February 2009
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Is the Alcopop Tax working?
Posted by Senator Steve Fielding on February 25 2009 | 209 Comments | Read more »
Figures are emerging which confirm my worst fears that alcohol related hospital admissions have not gone down since the alcopop tax was introduced. It’s obvious that the government is not doing enough to help people drink responsibly.
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Danny Nalliah is no friend of Family First
Posted by Senator Steve Fielding on February 24 2009 | 4 Comments | Read more »
I was troubled to read an article by Ross Fitzgerald (The Australian, 23 February 2009) which asked whether Liberal backbencher Peter Costello’s involvement with Catch the Fire ministries and Danny Nalliah is a ploy to garner Family First’s good favour. As I have said previously on this blog, this is not true and Mr Costello’s association with Mr Nalliah has nothing to do with Family First.
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Help me spend $200m to Get Communities Working?
Posted by Senator Steve Fielding on February 23 2009 | 19 Comments | Read more »
Family First have secured $200 million of funding from the federal government to establish a new local communities program called Get Communities Working and I would like your input in suggesting what areas of our community most need this help.
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Australian Volunteer Day
Posted by Senator Steve Fielding on February 17 2009 | 1 Comments | Read more »
I believe deeply that our way of life would be impossible and our communities would fail to function properly without the hard work and sacrifice of volunteers. As a Victorian Senator this has of course been brought home to me quite starkly in recent weeks and whilst the shattering tragedy of the bush fires is heartbreaking, I have also felt great pride in those who gladly gave up so much to help their fellow Victorians.
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Latrobe Valley Bush Fires
Posted by Senator Steve Fielding on February 17 2009 | 0 Comments | Read more »
On Monday I went to the Latrobe Valley to meet some of those people devastated by the bushfires that ripped through small communities like Traralgon South and Callignee. At the Traralgon refuge centre goods were flooding in, the kettle was continually boiling and cups of tea and warm hugs were plentiful.
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Update on Bush Fires
Posted by Senator Steve Fielding on February 15 2009 | 0 Comments | Read more »
I was privileged on Saturday to meet the men and women of the Kinglake CFA after seeing first hand the destruction of their beautiful town. But from what I saw nothing can destruct this community. It lives strong in the friendships, tears, laughter and loyalty that runs through the people of this town.
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Why I voted for the Stimulus package
Posted by Senator Steve Fielding on February 12 2009 | 24 Comments | Read more »
I have just been in the Senate chamber to vote in support of the government’s $42 billion stimulus package.
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The $42 billion Stimulus Package
Posted by Senator Steve Fielding on February 12 2009 | 13 Comments | Read more »
I spoke in the Senate today and got pretty impassioned about what was going on behind the scenes of parliament. As I say in the speech, I will never be remembered as the greatest political negotiator, but as a boy from Reservoir I know when someone is stuffing me around.
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Victorian bushfires
Posted by Senator Steve Fielding on February 09 2009 | 18 Comments | Read more »
I wish my first blog on our new site was under happier circumstances. However as I sit here listening to the radio and hear the number of lives lost continuing to rise, like many of you, I’m saddened and angry. I’m sad as so many lives have been lost and so many families and communities have been scarred forever by these relentless fires. And I’m also angry that it seems at least one, if not more, of these fires were deliberately lit. How can people do that?
