Daily Archives: 19 March 2013

The Impact of the Carbon Tax on Manufacturing

PARLIAMENT HOUSE, Canberra: We have just had five minutes from the member for Wakefield as to how fantastic the carbon tax is and the impacts it is having. He says house prices are up, job numbers are up, new companies are being created and cars are running off the line because of the carbon tax…

Lifting Quality in Our Education Research

PARLIAMENT HOUSE, Canberra:  Over the last few weeks we have had a lot of debate about the quality of teacher education courses, with both the NSW government and the federal government announcing policies to address standards. It is fair to say that there is bipartisan concern about how our future teachers are being trained. I…