Opposition Leader Kim Beazley The Australian House of Representatives heard the traditional right-of-reply to the Budget released May 9, from the Australian Labor Party , led by Kim Beazley (Labor, Brand ), plus Budget replies from minor parties in the Australian Senate. Beazley's commented solicited applause from the galleries, and continued sporadically through his reply, which focused on five points: new childcare centres at school, giving "parents the incentive to work without killing family life", and announced 200 million dollars for new childcare centres, placed "where childcare shortages mean they're needed most". students shouldn't have to pay for training in trades, and pledged to "get rid of tafe fees for traditional trades", to "train Australians first, train Australians now". Beazley announced payments of " AUD$800 per year for up to four years to apprentices", "AUD$ 1200 per year for up to two years for childcare workers", and a payment of AUD $2000 to students on the completion of their trade. no unfair dismissals. Beazley reiterated his plan to "tear up this government's extreme industrial relations laws" and to put in place a new system "to protect working Australians", "protecting both sides", and "resolving claims" no foreign apprentices: "three hundred thousand Australians have been turned away from tafe" and Beazley would "abolish foreign apprenticeship visas" real broadband: Beazley announced under a Labor government, he would "invest in a joint venture with telecommunications companies to build a super-fast computer network" and bring Australia's networking up to world standards. In his conclusion, he stated his "unshakable faith in the Australian people", and criticised the Government's failure to "deal with climate change now", the Government's mishandling of foreign debt, rising up to "half a trillion dollars" -- Beazley likened Costello to Wile. E. Coyote , with an anvil about to drop on his head. Minor parties Australian Democrats Senator Lyn Allison (Australian Democrats, Victoria ), the Leader of the Democrats, was the first to speak in the Senate on the Budget. Allison argued that the income tax cuts introduced in the Budget were "rewarding those on the highest incomes the most". In response to the mental health provisions in the Budget, she stated that more must be done on mental health, smoking, obesity related disease, and said that the Treasurer's "generosity was not extended to the PBS ". Australian Greens Senator Christine Milne (Tasmania, Australian Greens ) presented the Australian Greens budget reply speech. Family First Stephen Fielding (South Australia, Family First Party ) was the final Senator to speak on the Budget in the Senate.
Opposition Leader Kim Beazley The Australian House of Representatives heard the traditional right-of-reply to the Budget released May 9, from the , led by (Labor, ), plus Budget replies from minor parties in the Australian Senate. Beazley's commented solicited applause from the galleries, and continued sporadically through his reply, which focused on five points: new childcare centres at school, giving "parents the incentive to work without killing family life", and announced 200 million dollars for new childcare centres, placed "where childcare shortages mean they're needed most". students shouldn't have to pay for training in trades, and pledged to "get rid of tafe fees for traditional trades", to "train Australians first, train Australians now". Beazley announced payments of " $800 per year for up to four years to apprentices", "$ 1200 per year for up to two years for childcare workers", and a payment of $2000 to students on the completion of their trade. no unfair dismissals. Beazley reiterated his plan to "tear up this government's extreme industrial relations laws" and to put in place a new system "to protect working Australians", "protecting both sides", and "resolving claims" no foreign apprentices: "three hundred thousand Australians have been turned away from tafe" and Beazley would "abolish foreign apprenticeship visas" real broadband: Beazley announced under a Labor government, he would "invest in a joint venture with telecommunications companies to build a super-fast computer network" and bring Australia's networking up to world standards. In his conclusion, he stated his "unshakable faith in the Australian people", and criticised the Government's failure to "deal with climate change now", the Government's mishandling of foreign debt, rising up to "half a trillion dollars" -- Beazley likened Costello to , with an anvil about to drop on his head. Minor parties Australian Democrats Senator (, ), the Leader of the Democrats, was the first to speak in the Senate on the Budget. Allison argued that the income tax cuts introduced in the Budget were "rewarding those on the highest incomes the most". In response to the mental health provisions in the Budget, she stated that more must be done on mental health, smoking, obesity related disease, and said that the Treasurer's "generosity was not extended to the ". Australian Greens Senator (Tasmania, ) presented the Australian Greens budget reply speech. Family First Stephen Fielding (South Australia, ) was the final Senator to speak on the Budget in the Senate.
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