Senator Steve Fielding - Leader of Family First
March 2009
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Time to shut down fat cat pollie payouts
Posted by Senator Steve Fielding on March 30 2009 | 8 Comments | Read more »
The Rudd government’s move to curb golden handshakes is worthy but it’s hypocritical to point the finger at executive salaries when most politicians in the Federal Parliament will receive their own golden handshake on retirement,
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Footy’s back and so are the booze ads
Posted by Senator Steve Fielding on March 26 2009 | 15 Comments | Read more »
Tonight Aussie Rules football is back and so is the saturation of alcohol advertising targeting young people.
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Do we Need Tougher Anti-Bikie Laws?
Posted by Senator Steve Fielding on March 25 2009 | 19 Comments | Read more »
It’s time we got tough on organised crime.
The horrific bikie brawl and fatal bashing at Sydney Airport on Sunday was a wake-up call to Victorian police opposed to tougher anti-bikie laws.
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How Fair is the Fair Work Bill?
Posted by Senator Steve Fielding on March 10 2009 | 45 Comments | Read more »
The Fair Work Bill is one of the most important pieces of legislation because it affects every single working Australian.
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Should we Tax Students
Posted by Senator Steve Fielding on March 04 2009 | 125 Comments | Read more »
Families are doing it tough at the moment. Especially those who have to support their loved ones in full-time or part-time education. The Rudd government is proposing to reintroduce a compulsory student amenities fee that must be paid even if the student has no intention of using any of the services being offered.
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Fat Cat Bonuses to be Repaid if Workers Cut
Posted by Senator Steve Fielding on March 03 2009 | 4 Comments | Read more »
Like many of you, I was shocked to hear that a further 170 hard-working Australians from Bosch had lost their jobs yesterday. Tragically, they are innocent victims of the global economic crisis and even more tragic is the knowledge that there are likely to be more.
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Why is My CDL Legislation Being Held Up?
Posted by Senator Steve Fielding on March 03 2009 | 5 Comments | Read more »
Few things make me prouder to be an Australian then when volunteers give up their time to help their community. On Sunday 1st November it was Clean up Australia Day (http://www.cleanup.com.au/au/) and hundreds of mums, dads, daughters, sons and pensioners helped make Australia a cleaner place for us all to live in.
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Steve chats with 2UE’s Steve Price about the alcopops tax
Posted by Senator Steve Fielding on March 02 2009 | 14 Comments | Read more »
It’s pretty obvious the alcopops tax has failed to do what it was supposed to - stop binge drinking. Specifically what I want to see is measures which reduce alcohol related hospitalisations and alcohol related arrests. This would be proof of success against binge drinking.
