The Member for Berowra, Philip Ruddock, is encouraging local manufacturing businesses in his electorate to apply for funding through the Re-tooling for Climate Change grants program.
The Re-tooling for Climate Change program is designed to encourage small to medium sized manufacturing businesses t... ... more
The Member for Berowra, Philip Ruddock MP welcomes the Productivity Commission’s interim report on paid parental leave and recognises that more needs to be done to address work / family balance issues.
“Paid maternity leave is at the very heart of our policy review on social and employment issues ... ... more
The Member for Berowra, Philip Ruddock MP said today that the Labor Government’s legislation to increase the Luxury Car Tax fails every principle of a well designed tax.
“It is inefficient, inequitable, complicated and costly to administer,” Mr Ruddock said.
The Labor Government will exempt small... ... more
The Member for Berowra, Philip Ruddock MP said that with the passage of the Urgent Relief for Single Age Pension Bill 2008 through the Senate, the Coalition moved to introduce the Bill into the House of Representatives on Tuesday.
“The Rudd Labor Government used its majority in the House to ensure... ... more
Veterans to receive one-off bonus
The Member for Berowra, Philip Ruddock MP welcomed the one-off bonus payment to veterans as well as other pensioners as part of the government’s response to the global economic crisis. Veterans in my electorate of Berowra will receive the payment.
This group in... ... more
The Member for Berowra, Philip Ruddock said the announcement today that Telstra will shed 800 staff makes it even more important for the Rudd Government to focus on job creation.
“With the Budget forecasting 134,000 job losses of over the next year and the Reserve Bank forecasting an additional 100... ... more
The Member for Berowra Philip Ruddock said today that the Draft "Modernised" Awards released by the Australian Industrial Relations Commission have the potential to increase costs to business and place further pressure on locals.
“The AIRC was placed in an untenable position by Julia Gillard with t... ... more
The Member for Berowra, Philip Ruddock said today it is time to act to help local pensioners by increasing the single aged pension by $30 a week.
This week in Parliament the Coalition will introduce legislation to give Mr Rudd the opportunity to deliver an extra $30 a week to around 860,000 Austra... ... more
The Member for Berowra, Philip Ruddock MP called for all Volunteer Organisations in his electorate to make applications under the $21 million Volunteer Grants Program 2008.
“Every day, volunteers across the country are out in our community giving their time and energy to help the elderly, people wi... ... more
The Member for Berowra, Philip Ruddock stated that results of this year’s long-awaited national literacy and numeracy tests reveal that too many students are still not meeting minimum standards in key areas.
“This year’s first national tests were introduced by the former Coalition Government to rep... ... more