Coalition committed to foreign aid

Thursday, 20 May 2010

The Coalition remains committed to the Millennium Development Goal target of providing 0.5% of GNI by 2015 for foreign aid, Shadow Minister for Foreign Affairs Julie Bishop said today.

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Doorstop interview, Shellharbour NSW

Tuesday, 18 May 2010

Subjects: Visit to Gilmore electorate; Tony Abbott; Labor lies; paid parental leave.

E&OE…

JOURNALIST    Julie tell me about your trip down to the Shellharbour and Shoalhaven region over the past few days, and how you have found it.

JULIE BISHOP    Jo Gash, the Member for Gilmore, invited me to come to her electorate to meet with local people. We’ve been out and about talking to the local community, talking to small business, students at schools, people working in the disability sector and we’re getting great feedback from them. There are issue they want us to raise in Canberra, issues they want us to take up when we win government and Jo and I have been very busy talking to everyone we can meet here in Shoalhaven.

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Watch ABC Lateline with Leigh Sales and Mark Arbib

Friday, 14 May 2010

Watch interview online (Windows Media Player)

Subjects: Workplace relations, Labor leadership, Budget 2010-11, super-profits tax, leadership.

ABC Lateline with Leigh Sales and Mark Arbib

Friday, 14 May 2010

Watch interview online (Windows Media Player)

Subjects: Workplace relations, Labor leadership, Budget 2010-11, super-profits tax, leadership.

E&OE…

LEIGH SALES, PRESENTER     Wayne Swan may have delivered what he calls a no-frills budget this week, but what followed was anything but dull.

First the Prime Minister paid 7.30 Report land a visit, then Tony Abbott not only declared war on the resources rent tax, he also outed himself as a wimp.

To discuss all things budget, I'm joined by the Deputy Opposition Leader Julie Bishop and the Employment Participation Minister Senator Mark Arbib.

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