At a press conference today, The Prime Minister Julia Gillard, Defence Minister Stephen Smith and Defence Materiel Minister Jason Clare proudly revealed that Labor would wipe out a number of key Defence capability projects and hobble the ADF’s future combat capability. The Prime Minister cited ‘shifting circumstances and changing demands’ to justify demolishing the self [...]
According to the recently dumped former Attorney General, Robert McClelland, Labor’s management of disaster recovery and mitigation is being compromised by the push to get the budget back into surplus. The Coalition’s spokesman on emergency management, Senator Gary Humphries is alarmed at the revelations from the man who was responsible for Australia’s emergency services. “This [...]
Figures recently obtained by Senator Gary Humphries look to send a shockwave across the public service with the Department of Human Services revealing alarming reductions to departmental budgets. The latest cuts, forced by the government’s increased efficiency dividend will see a hit of close to $300million to the department’s budget bottom line over the forward [...]
The Labor Party and Greens have today joined in the Senate in failing to express confidence in Commodore Bruce Kafer, the Commandant of the Australian Defence Force Academy. A motion moved today by Senator Humphries called on the Senate to express confidence in Commodore Kafer’s performance in his duties as the Commandant of ADFA. The [...]
The Labor Party has sided with the Greens to crush a motion of support to non-government education moved by Senator Gary Humphries. The motion moved today in the Senate sought to ensure funding for non government schools would not be stripped back to 2003/2004 levels, as per the Greens education policy. “The motion simply sought [...]
Senator Humphries’ speeches to the Senate