More than $1.5 million in funding may be pulled from local schools if the Gillard Government proceeds with its proposed education system funding shake-up, according to Local Federal MP Bruce Billson.At least seven primary schools in the local area are included in a leaked hit list of thousands of government and non-government Australian schools to ...

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Local disability providers have made clear that they would like to see ongoing consultation under a National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) during a roundtable discussion with local federal MP Bruce Billson and Shadow Minister for Disabilities and Carers, Senator Mitch Fifield in Frankston. Mr Billson said it was terrific that there is support ...

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A 0.8 per cent drop in retail trade figures for July is evidence that the Gillard Government’s carbon tax ‘sugar hit’ payments are wearing off and consumers are again grappling with 'real life' cost of living pressures, according to the Coalition. Shadow Small Business Minister Bruce Billson said the so called carbon tax ‘compensation’ payments had...

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Funding substantial capital improvements at a local not-for-profit hospital has been made harder because of the carbon tax, according to local Federal MP Bruce Billson.Mr Billson said The Bays Hospital in Mornington faces a $44,000 increase in its power bill this year because of the Gillard Government’s carbon tax.“We should be supporting our local...

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Red-tape is stopping a Karingal medical clinic from hiring more doctors to replace its ageing workforce, making the wait even longer to see a doctor, according to local Federal MP Bruce Billson who raised the issue in Parliament last week.Mr Billson said Total Care Medical Group had advertised for more than two years for a replacement for a retired...

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The best way to arrest the slide in small business conditions reported in the Australian Chamber of Commerce and Industry (ACCI) survey released today is to change the Government and abolish the carbon tax, according to the Coalition.Shadow Small Business Minister Bruce Billson said trading conditions, which are well below the five year average, we...

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Reports that two thirds of small businesses feel they aren’t able to pass on the world’s largest carbon tax is deeply concerning, according to the Coalition.Shadow Minister for Small Business Bruce Billson said a national survey published in News Limited papers today demonstrated how small business was left to carry the burden of the carbon tax.“Sm...

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Small business is already feeling the Gillard Labor Government’s “big stick of regulation” which the Prime Minister has threatened to use against the states, according to the Shadow Minister for Small Business Bruce Billson.In the last five years Labor has added 18,089 new or amended regulations and only repealed 86 despite an election promise of “...

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Local federal MP Bruce Billson joined Frankston City Mayor, Cr Brian Cunial and the St Kilda Football Club’s Farren Ray to officially launch the fundraising campaign for this year’s Relay for Life in Frankston.“Relay for Life is more than just a fundraiser, it’s an event which brings together the community through fitness for an extremely worthy ca...

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More Gillard Labor Government waste has been identified by the Coalition after it was revealed a series of PDF files turned into a small business iPad app cost taxpayers almost $40,000. The cost of the app to taxpayers comes after the Coalition discovered in May that the small business iPad app called ‘MyBizShield’ had only been downloaded 690 time...

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The latest NAB Quarterly SME Survey is further evidence that now is the worst possible time to introduce the world’s biggest carbon tax, according to the Coalition.Shadow Small Business Minister Bruce Billson said the report found that “SME business confidence fell heavily in the June quarter, with the subdued outcome consolidating a general deteri...

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The latest NAB Quarterly Business Survey confirms that now is the worst possible time to introduce the world’s biggest carbon tax, according to the Coalition.Shadow Small Business Minister Bruce Billson said the NAB report found that “business confidence deteriorated in the quarter to well-below the long-run average.”“The report confirms that the w...

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The best thing Labor and the Greens can do to assist small business and make the Australian economy stronger is to axe the carbon tax, according to the Coalition.Shadow Minister for Small Business Bruce Billson said the Greens are disinterested about the impact that the world’s largest carbon tax is having on small business.“The carbon tax is makin...

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Local federal MP Bruce Billson has again raised the issue of the restoration of former acting Prime Minister James Fenton’s grave at Mornington.It has been more than a year since Mr Billson raised the issue with the Government but following discussions in Parliament he remains cautiously optimistic about some work taking place.“For more than a year...

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A Gillard Government that has run out of ideas has again lifted another Coalition small business policy, according to the Shadow Minister for Small Business Bruce Billson.Mr Billson said the latest effort by the Gillard Government to copy Coalition policy was to make sure the Commonwealth pays its contracts on time.“The consistent copycat policy an...

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