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Five Years of Broadband Policy Failure from Labor
Paul Fletcher’s Broadband Briefing
Five years after Labor announced its broadband policy, Australia’s broadband penetration ranking has dropped and Labor’s policy has made zero difference to the broadband service received by 99.9 per cent of Australians.
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Principal's Courageous Action Highlights Threat of Cyberbullying
A Queensland Principal's decisive and courageous action - threatening to expel children under 13 with Facebook profiles - highlights the real dangers of unrestricted social media use by children too young to judge the risks involved, said Paul Fletcher MP, Chair of the Coalition's Online Safety Working Group.
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Bradfield Community Meeting Calls on Gillard to Apologise
A Community Meeting held by Paul Fletcher MP, Member for Bradfield has resolved to call on Prime Minister Julia Gillard to apologise for her divisive and inappropriate comments about Sydney’s North Shore.
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Investors defrauded of $176 million in Trio collapse, parliamentary committee finds
Over 6000 Australian superannuation and other investors were defrauded of $176 million in the Trio scandal according to a Parliamentary Committee report just released, Member for Bradfield Paul Fletcher said today.
Mr Fletcher, a member of the Parliament's Corporations and Financial Services Committee, said the Committee began its inquiry last year on his recommendation, after he was approached by constituents who had lost money in the collapse of Trio.
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Schoolkids Bonus Budget Measures
Mr FLETCHER (Bradfield) (10:51): I am pleased to rise to speak on the Family Assistance and Other Legislation Amendment (Schoolkids Bonus Budget Measures) Bill 2012. Let me start by noting that the process under which the House of Representatives is being asked to consider this bill is a deeply deficient one. The first official announcement of this measure was in the Treasurer's budget speech last night. We now have a bill which was introduced this morning that was only available to members of the House to review from 9.30 this morning.
Written on Tuesday, 15 May 2012 00:00 in Parliamentary Speeches Read 30 times Read more...
Paul Fletcher MP - Federal Member for Bradfield - Liberal Party
Election 2010: Off and running in second Bradfield campaign
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“Less than eight months ago the Bradfield by-election produced a swing to the Liberal Party – and marked the start of Kevin Rudd’s collapse from stellar poll ratings to being ignominiously dumped by his party,” Paul said today.
“Now we have a general election.
“We’ve got a battle hardened campaign outfit here in Bradfield and we are off and running.
“This election is critically important for Bradfield and Australia – our future is at stake.
“Labor has changed leaders – but they haven’t changed their policies.
“Julia Gillard was up to her neck in all the Rudd Government disasters.
“She is accountable for Labor’s waste and mismanagement - on the pink batts program which caused over 100 house fires and four deaths before it was abandoned; on new school halls whether needed or not (a $16 billion program of which billions were wasted); on computers in schools which has overspent by at least sixty six per cent.
“She is accountable for Labor’s mixed messages on border security – encouraging thousands of people to take risky journeys to Australia in boats run by people smugglers.
“She is accountable for Labor’s three huge deficits in a row (including a $57 billion deficit in 2009-10) and a government debt which is racing towards $90 billion.
“Now Australians have the chance to throw this hopeless government out.
“In government the Coalition will do what we always do - and fix up Labor’s mess.
“We will stop Labor’s great big new taxes; end the waste; stop the boats; and pay back the debt.
“I urge the people of Bradfield to do their part – by voting to get Australia back on track.”