Dana McCauley - The Sydney Morning Herald - Sunday 12 April 2020 As millions of Australians spend Easter at home, pressure is mounting on authorities to give people a sign that heavy restrictions on social and economic activity will eventually be eased. Those who are obeying the...
Jennifer Duke - The Sydney Morning Herald - Friday 10 April 2020 A crackdown on real estate agents telling tenants to dip into superannuation to pay their landlords was sparked by a letter to a renter who also happens to be an Australian Securities and Investments...
MEDIA STATEMENT Senator James Paterson Liberal Senator for Victoria Wednesday 08 April 2020 2020 Senate Select Committee inquiry into COVID-19 Senator James Paterson will be the government’s nominee as deputy chair of the Senate Select Committee into the response to COVID-19. The Senate Committee will be chaired by Labor Senator...
Ellen Whinnett - The Daily Telegraph - Saturday 04 April Exclusive: Australian Parliamentarians have launched an extraordinary attack on the Chinese Communist Party, warning of economic consequences and saying it would not be allowed to escape responsibility for the coronavirus. Several MPs warned there would be a...
Senator Paterson on the Bolt Report: Coronavirus...
Senator Paterson on the Bolt Report: Coronavirus, Scott Cam, Megxit...
Chris Merritt - The Australian - Friday 06 March 2020 Just days ago, the class action law firms were riding high, counting the hours until their pals in the Victorian government handed them what amounts to a bucketful of other people’s money. US-style contingency fees have been...
John Roskam - The AFR - Thursday 06 March 2020 Australian universities should not get a cent of any federal government bailout program or stimulus package in the wake of the coronavirus. Over the past decade universities have privatised the profits from the fees paid by overseas...
Chris Merritt - The Australian - Thursday 05 March The threat to the national economy from excessive litigation has prompted the federal government to launch an inquiry into Victoria’s move to encourage class actions by allowing lawyers to charge US-style contingency fees. The inquiry, unveiled on Wednesday,...
Senator Paterson on Sky News to discuss a Budget stimulus package, Coronavirus, Uighurs ...