29 Jul In the Senate: Opposing the proposed security checks for ministers bill
Senator Paterson in the senate discussing why the Government will be opposing the proposed Security checks for Ministers bill....
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29 Jul Keating blasts ‘monkeys’ on super
ADELE FERGUSON & ERYK BAGSHAW - The Age - Monday 29 July 2019 Former prime minister Paul Keating has lashed government MPs lobbying for a delay in the increase of the superannuation guarantee as "monkeys" and described the prospect as "grand theft". In criticisms echoed by the...
25 Jul Religious laws designed for cases like Folau
Tom Mcilroy - Australian Financial Review - Thursday 25 July 2019 Attorney-General Christian Porter is being pressured by conservative MPs and equality activists after he cited the Israel Folau case as the sort of dispute that would be covered by the Coalition's planned religious discrimination protections. As Mr Porter...
24 Jul MPs back A-G bid to fund Ridd case
JOE KELLY - THE AUSTRALIAN - WEDNESDAY 24 JULY Attorney-General Christian Porter is examining ways for the commonwealth to support costs for sacked academic Peter Ridd in his legal fight against James Cook University, saying the case could change the landscape of academic freedom in Australia. The...
24 Jul Question time: Senator Paterson asks Minister Canavan about Australia’s Energy Exports Industry
Question time: Senator Paterson asks Minister Canavan about Australia's Energy Exports Industry...
24 Jul Senator Paterson on Sky News’ On the Hour to talk Brexit, Wages theft, and more
Senator Paterson joins host Tom Connell on Sky News' On the Hour to talk Boris Johnson, Wages Theft, the AAT, and religious freedom...
23 Jul Senator Paterson on the Bolt Report talking Peter Ridd vs. JCU, Top Gun and Chinese finance, and superannuation
Senator Paterson joins host Andrew Bolt and fellow panellist Labor Senator Kimberley Kitching on The Bolt Report. Discussing academic freedom and free speech on campus, the Top Gun sequel and China's growing influence, and debates of the superannuation rise to 12%....
23 Jul Question time: Senator Paterson and Finance Minister Senator Cormann on Coalition tax cuts
Senator James Paterson asking Finance Minister Mathias Cormann about the efficacy and impact of the Coalition's tax cuts. Monday 22 July Question Time in the Senate...
22 Jul Liberals at odds over superannuation increase as rebel MPs demand freeze
Paul Karp - The Guardian - Monday 22 July 2019 Mathias Cormann has apparently ruled out changing the timetable to lift superannuation to 12%, as renegade Liberal MPs call for increases to be delayed or scrapped. Despite the finance minister’s intervention, the prime minister, Scott Morrison, twice...
22 Jul Coalition MPs ‘frustrated’ by super rate rise
Eryk Bagshaw - The Sydney Morning Herald - Monday 22 July 2019 A group of up to a dozen Coalition MPs are now in open rebellion against the government's planned increases to compulsory superannuation, warning Treasurer Josh Frydenberg they are "frustrated" by his position to raise...