Scott Morrison

Housing & Local Government

The Latest from the Coalition on what's happening in the immigration, citizenship, productivity and population portfolios
 


Latest Housing Items

4 December 2009
Housing

Media Release : Home borrowers paying a premium for Rudd's banks

The gap between official interest rates and mortgage rates charged by the major banks has blown out to more than one percentage point since the start of the global financial crisis...


1 December 2009
Housing

Media Release : Rudd's Christmas rate rise trifecta

The Rudd Labor Government must explain to mortgage holders why they will be spending more on their mortgages and less on their families this Christmas following an unprecedented third...


23 November 2009
Housing

Speech : Native Title Amendment Bill

The coalition supports the Native Title Amendment Bill (No. 2) 2009. The bill makes amendments to the Native Title Act 1993 by the insertion of a new subdivision into part 2 of the...


16 November 2009
Housing

Speech : Private Members Motion - Homelessness

As the shadow minister for housing I welcome this opportunity to participate in this debate on homelessness. In focusing on homelessness I want to stress once again the coalition’s...


5 November 2009
Housing

Media Release : Labor's wall of spin on public housing stimulus spending

Federal Shadow Minister for Housing and Local Government, Scott Morrison said today Labor is hiding behind a wall of spin on its multi billion dollar public housing stimulus spending...


Latest Local Government Items

11 September 2009
Local Government

Media Release : Rudd spending misses the mark for SEQ economy

Federal Shadow Minister for Housing and Local Government, Scott Morrison has joined South East Queensland Mayors in their call for the Rudd/Swan Government to get control of their ...


8 September 2009
Local Government

Media Release : Labor's naked political motives on council grants

Labor’s naked political motives for spending borrowed taxpayers’ money have been exposed with the revelation that three out of every four dollars provided to councils in NSW under ...


17 August 2009
Local Government

Media Release : State Government addiction to regulation is costing councils and ratepayers dearly

Federal Shadow Minister for Housing and Local Government, Scott Morrison said hikes to local government fees and charges were a symptom of the barrage of cost shifting on councils ...


6 July 2009
Local Government

Media Release : TRANSCRIPT: ABC Newsradio

Introduction: Well there’s more concern this morning about the Rudd Government’s cash splash. The Financial Review is reporting that the $20 billion of direct bonus payments fell short...


25 June 2009
Local Government

Media Release : Local government funding announcement will be closely scrutinised

The Prime Minister has responded to the Coalition’s lead in his statements on infrastructure spending to the Australian Council of Local Government (ACLG) today, Acting Shadow Minister...


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