Posts by Michelle Lewis
Leaders’ Retreat No Holiday For COAG
WEST Australian Senator Linda Reynolds does not believe a jaunt to an expensive luxury resort on Kangaroo Island by COAG leaders is the best use of taxpayer funds. Following a…
Read MorePremiers to the Pilbara
WEST Australian Senator Linda Reynolds has called for the Council of Australian Government (COAG) Leaders Retreat to be held in the Pilbara. Following COAG’s latest meeting last week Prime Minister…
Read MoreANZAC Centenary Speech Notes – Kalamunda RSL
Thank you. It is a great honour to be here with my fellow service men and women and your families and friends. As a Gooseberry Hill girl, and now a…
Read MoreCompetitive Federalism Could Be The Answer To WA’s GST Crisis
ADOPTING a model of competitive federalism could be the long term answer to WA’s GST crisis, according to West Australian Senator Linda Reynolds. Senator Reynolds said without changes to the…
Read MoreReport By A Majority Of Senators Attending The Inquiry: Illicit Firearms
WEST Australian Senator Linda Reynolds has joined fellow Coalition Senators and Senator David Leyonhjelm in releasing a Report on the findings of a Senate Inquiry into gun related violence in…
Read MoreWA Senator Welcomes National Ice Taskforce
WEST Australian Senator Linda Reynolds has welcomed the establishment of a National Ice Taskforce as part of the Coalition Government’s efforts to counter the endemic use of the illicit drug…
Read MoreDarwin hosts inquiry into young people in nursing homes
A SENATE inquiry considering the plight of younger Australians living in aged care will hear testimony from the disability sector at a hearing in the Northern Territory this week. Last…
Read MoreLabor and The Greens Vote to Decrease ADF Pay
LABOR and the Greens have played politics with the interests of Australia’s servicemen and women by gagging debate and voting to cut defence pay in the Senate today, according to…
Read MoreDefence Amendment (Fair Pay for Members of the ADF) Bill 2014 Second Reading
Senator REYNOLDS (Western Australia) (10:27): I too rise today to speak on the Defence Amendment (Fair Pay for Members of the ADF) Bill 2014. On 1 December last year, I…
Read MoreMatters Of Public Importance: Indigenous Affairs
Senator REYNOLDS (Western Australia) (16:42): I am somewhat saddened in rising to speak on this MPI. Listening to Senator Peris highlighted for me exactly why we have to work so…
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