The inclusion by Infrastructure Australia of the M2/F3 road link and the northern Sydney to Brisbane rail freight requirements, in the 90 or more major infrastructure development priorities, highlights Labor’s unreasonable bias against north western Sydney.
The present link between the M2 and F3 is... ... more
The Member for Berowra, Philip Ruddock supports Coalition calls on the Rudd Government to confirm that there will be no cut to aged care funding in the 2009-2010 Budget.
“I call on the Rudd Government to guarantee to older constituents and aged care providers in my electorate that we will not see... ... more
The Member for Berowra, Philip Ruddock MP said today that local families will pay up to $5,000 more to install solar panels in their homes following today’s announcement by the Rudd Government. This is a $5,000 Solar Short Change.
“At present, the Coalition’s Solar Panel Rebate of $8,000 is combin... ... more
The Member for Berowra, Philip Ruddock MP is disappointed at the lack of action by the Federal government neglecting frail and vulnerable older Australians particularly in his own electorate.
“In the electorate of Berowra there are approximately 13,380 constituents over the age of 70 years of age a... ... more
The Member for Berowra, Philip Ruddock MP stated that the Federal government’s promised bonus payments to families who receive the family tax benefit is being denied to more than 150,000 Australian families.
Launched weeks ago with much media fanfare, the Prime Minister promised $1000 per child to ... ... more
The Member for Berowra, Philip Ruddock MP said that the Federal government failed to reverse the inexplicable capping of the $8,000 solar panel rebate.
“By capping availability for the rebate, local men and women on $51,000 each - middle income by any definition - are no longer able to access affor... ... more
TAXPAYERS PAY FOR THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT’S SLOWNESS DEALING WITH ABC LEARNING
The Member for Berowra, Philip Ruddock said today that taxpayers are being forced to foot an extra $34 million bill as a result of the Rudd Government’s mishandling of the ABC Learning crisis.
“Due to their own mismanag... ... more
The Member for Berowra, Philip Ruddock MP said today that the Federal Government attempted to brush aside the impacts of the arbitrary budget cut to Centrelink in the order of 3.25% that have resulted in a reduction of service and an increase in customer complaints by inferring that the staff of mem... ... more
FEDERAL MP CONGRATULTES LOCAL WINNER – ONLY ONE OF SIX NATIONALLY FOR THE 2008 MBF FOUNDATION NURSING SCHOLARSHIP
The Member for Berowra, Philip Ruddock MP today congratulated Ms Brigitte Karle of Cherrybrook on the recently announced scholarship through the MBF Foundation.
“Ms Karle is a Nurse... ... more
The Member for Berowra, Philip Ruddock MP said today that local business Laservision based in Dural has won the Arts and Entertainment Award.
“Laservision has an outstanding reputation using high powered lasers and special effects and I have been out to Laservision in Dural on two occasions to look... ... more