Media Releases

DEFENCE BUDGET BLOWOUTS AND UNDERPERFORMANCE CONTINUES UNDER PETER DUTTON

March 28, 2022

with BRENDAN O’CONNOR MP SHADOW MINISTER FOR DEFENCE MEMBER FOR GORTON New budget documents show the Morrison-Joyce Government has presided over a $1.7 billion blowout in defence sustainment spending at the same time as the availability of key military capabilities is deteriorating.

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SOLOMON ISLANDS SECURITY ARRANGEMENTS

March 25, 2022

with SENATOR PENNY WONG LEADER OF THE AUSTRALIAN LABOR PARTY IN THE SENATE SHADOW MINISTER FOR FOREIGN AFFAIRS LABOR SENATOR FOR SOUTH AUSTRALIA BRENDAN O’CONNOR MP SHADOW MINISTER FOR DEFENCE MEMBER FOR GORTON Labor is deeply concerned by reports of a new security agreement between the Government of the Solomon Islands and the People’s Republic of China.

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LAKE MACQUARIE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PACKAGE WILL UNLOCK REGION’S POTENTIAL

March 22, 2022

with CATHERINE KING SHADOW MINISTER FOR INFRASTRUCTURE, TRANSPORT AND REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT MEMBER FOR BALLARAT and DAN REPACHOLI LABOR CANDIDATE FOR HUNTER An Albanese Labor Government will work with Lake Macquarie City Council and the NSW Government to unlock the region’s economic future by investing $20 million to establish a permanent dredge for the Swansea Channel and extend the Newcastle Mines Grouting Fund to the Lake Macquarie Loca...

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LABOR WILL UPGRADE BELMONT’S CAHILL OVAL

March 21, 2022

An Albanese Labor Government will invest $184,000 in a much-needed upgrade to the facilities at Belmont’s Cahill Oval.

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OUT OF TOUCH DAVID GILLESPIE RECKONS THE HUNTER DOESN’T NEED MORE GPs

March 09, 2022

The Minister for Regional Health, David Gillespie’s claims that the Hunter region is “an area that has plenty of medical services” shows how disconnected from reality the Morrison-Joyce Government is.

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LABOR WILL FIX THE HUNTER’S GP SHORTAGE CRISIS

March 08, 2022

with MARK BUTLER, MERYL SWANSON, SHARON CLAYDON, AND DAN REPACHOLI An Albanese Labor Government will act on the GP shortage crisis in the Hunter by making the region a Distribution Priority Area (DPA), providing the whole region with access to the Bonded Medical Program and overseas trained doctors.

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