The vote this evening in the Senate guarantees that we still have a Murray-Darling Basin Plan. It doesn’t change the fact that there will be continued risks to the Plan in to the future.
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Labor has today called on the Turnbull Government to reverse its unfair changes to Assurance of Support requirements.
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Federal Labor has today determined that it will not support the disallowance of Basin Plan Amendment SDL Adjustments Instrument for the Murray-Darling Basin Plan nor will it support a future disallowance motion on the Northern Basin review.
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Mr Turnbull can’t buy his way out of the severe risk to the Great Barrier Reef that climate change and other challenges pose.
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Labor is very concerned about the Turnbull Government’s latest stealth attack on hard-working migrant families.
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Last night on ABC’s Q&A program the Minister for Citizenship was unable to defend his own Government’s policies and resorted to misrepresenting them.
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Australia’s over 300 music festivals provide a platform for Australian artists, both new and established, to tell Australian stories. They are vital for a thriving music industry and provide people an opportunity to enjoy music, culture and community in a unique festival setting.
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Tonight without notice the Government brought forward a debate that was not expected to occur for some weeks on the disallowance motions for their marine park cuts.
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This morning on ABC Radio National with Fran Kelly, Minister Frydenberg said Labor implemented draft marine management plans.
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Federal Labor has welcomed the announcement by the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) that it is taking Federal Court action...
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This morning on ABC Radio National commercial fisher Bruce Davey claimed there had been no consultation with the fishing industry when Labor established Australia’s marine parks.
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This afternoon Josh Frydenberg released the management plans for Australia's marine parks and it's worse than we ever imagined
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Mayor of the City of Canterbury Bankstown Khal Asfour and local MP Tony Burke today expressed their outrage at claims by Mirvac that the largest recreational land in our local area is planned as a zone for new apartment release.
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The Turnbull Government has today decided to continue Peter Dutton’s attack on multicultural Australia.
Read MoreA few years ago it became apparent through media reports that the cost to the public of my electorate office was higher than the cost of most other electorate offices
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On behalf of the Federal Labor Party, I’d like to extend my best wishes to everyone celebrating Lunar New Year – Year of the Dog.
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A Shorten Labor Government will deliver more than 2,000 construction and agriculture jobs and ensure water security across Central Queensland by committing the full $176 million federal share to build the Rookwood Weir.
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After two days of passing the buck to the state government, the Minister for the Environment still doesn’t know what his job involves.
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Today in Parliament Minister Frydenberg demonstrated an extraordinary disregard for the environmental approvals process which he is responsible for.
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Labor has resolved today to support the disallowance of the instrument dealing with the Northern Murray-Darling Basin – the Basin Plan Amendment Instrument 2017 (No. 1).
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