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SOUTH AUSTRALIAN LABOR WILL KEEP FIGHTING FOR THE MURRAY
South Australian Labor Members and Senators will fight to restore the health of the River Murray and oppose plans by Malcolm Turnbull and Barnaby Joyce to wreck the Murray Darling Basin Plan. Before...
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TRANSCRIPT - RADIO INTERVIEW - 5RPH ADELAIDE - TUESDAY, 22 NOVEMBER 2016
SUBJECTS: Murray Darling Basin Plan, Dysfunction in the Senate HANS REIMER: And it’s a Tuesday night and it’s great to welcome Amanda Rishworth, Federal Member for Kingston and Shadow Minister for...
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Speech: Murray-Darling Basin Plan
Ms RISHWORTH (Kingston) (13:58): All South Australians were deeply disturbed by reports that emerged on Friday that the Deputy Prime Minister is planning to rip up the Murray-Darling Basin Plan. He is...
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Speech: Medicare November 2016
Ms RISHWORTH (Kingston) (10:36): I rise again today to talk about our ongoing battle on this side of the House to save Medicare. Of course, we have seen the continued attack by the Liberal government...
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Speech: Battle of Long Tan
Ms RISHWORTH (Kingston) (18:13): I rise today to speak on this important motion on the Battle of Long Tan. I thank the member for Maranoa for bringing this motion to the House. It is important because...
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Speech: Veterans' Affairs Legislation Amendment (Budget and Other Measures)...
Ms RISHWORTH (Kingston) (12:07): I rise today to speak on the Veterans' Affairs Legislation (Budget and Other Measures) Bill 2016. From the outset, I acknowledge that the opposition will be supporting...
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Speech: Competition and Consumer Amendment (Country of Origin) Bill 2016
Ms RISHWORTH (Kingston) (16:10): It is with great pleasure that I speak both to the amendments made to the Competition and Consumer Amendment (Country of Origin) Bill 2016 and also to Labor's amendment...
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TRANSCRIPT - RADIO INTERVIEW - 5RPH ADELAIDE - TUESDAY, 29 NOVEMBER 2016
SUBJECTS: Murray Darling Basin Plan, Dysfunction in the Senate RICHARD MORGAN: Time to welcome, once again to 5RPH the Federal Member for Kingston and Shadow Minister for Veterans’ Affairs and...
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XENOPHON SELLS OUT SA
Senator Nick Xenophon has today proven that despite his tough talk, he’s willing to sell out South Australia at the first opportunity to vote with the Turnbull Government on draconian anti-worker...
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REPORT REVEALS CONFRONTING STATISTICS
The report released today on the, ‘Incidence of suicide among serving and ex-serving Australian Defence Force personnel 2001–2014’ by the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare unfortunately paints...
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TRANSCRIPT - DOORSTOP - CANBERRA - THURSDAY, 1 DECEMBER 2016
SUBJECTS: Nick Xenophon’s horse trading with the Government that will not deliver Murray Darling Basin Plan AMANDA RISHWORTH, SHADOW MINISTER FOR VETERANS’ AFFAIRS: At the beginning of this week Nick...
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GOVERNMENT DRAGGING ITS FEET ON THE ISSUE OF MEFLOQUINE
Labor is concerned by reports today from the Townsville Bulletinrevealing the Government is holding meetings behind closed doors with local GP’s on veterans’ issues without actually engaging the...
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TRANSCRIPT - TELEVISION INTERVIEW - SKY NEWS AM AGENDA - THURSDAY, 08...
SUBJECTS: Negative quarter of growth, Climate Policy KIEREN GILBERT: Our panel this morning, the Shadow Veterans’ Affairs Minister, Amanda Rishworth and Assistant Minister for Social Services, Jane...
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MEDIA RELEASE - LABOR WELCOMES DELAYED DECISION - FRIDAY, 16 DECEMBER 2016
Labor welcomes the Turnbull Government's announcement of a permanent Deputy Commissioner for Veterans Affairs' in the Northern Territory. Labor has long been advocating for the Northern Territory to...
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TRANSCRIPT - TELEVISION INTERVIEW - SKY NEWS AM AGENDA - MONDAY, 19 DECEMBER...
SUBJECTS: MYEFO, AAA rating TOM CONNELL: We are talking now to Michael Sukkar, backbencher for the Liberal Party and also Amanda Rishworth from the Labor Party. Thanks both you’re your time this...
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OPINION PIECE - SPARE A THOUGHT FOR THOSE AUSTRALIAN DEFENCE FORCE PERONNEL...
As we approach the end of the year many of us look forward to spending time with our families and friends over the festive season. But it is important we remember those ADF personnel who are serving in...
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WE NEED BIG PICTURE TO HELP OUR VETERANS
As a community with some of the highest population of veterans and ADF personnel, we are reminded at this time of year veterans’ suicide is a difficult issue to discuss. Suicide is a difficult issue to...
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WISHING AUSTRALIA’S DEFENCE PERSONNEL A MERRY CHRISTMAS
The Shadow Defence team would like to wish all Defence staff, personnel and families a happy and peaceful holiday season and a safe New Year. ADF personnel deployed overseas are particularly in our...
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DRACONIAN SOCIAL MEDIA MONITORING IS NOT JUSTIFIABLE
Today, I have written to the Minister for Veterans' Affairs, Dan Tehan to seek assurances and for the Minister to urgently investigate reports our ex-service personnel and veterans going through the...
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LABOR WELCOMES DEFENCE FAMILIES TO TOWNSVILLE
Labor would like to welcome new defence members and their families to Townsville and offer support in helping them settle into the community. As relocations begin to reoccur in the ADF, many of our...
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