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The Hon Penny Wong MP Cabinet Minister for Finance and Deregulation

2011 Media Releases

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December

Date Title Ref.
13 December 2011 Australian Government Consolidated Financial Statements for the year ended 30 June 3011 271/11
9 December 2011 Australian Government Monthly Financial Statements October 2011 252/11
9 December 2011 Australian Government Monthly Financial Statements September 2011 242/11
5 December 2011 Opposition Word Play on Audit 270/11
1 December 2011 Opposition Dishonesty on Costings Revealed 261/11

November

Date Title Ref.
29 November 2011 Opposition - Another day, another economic position 255/11
29 November 2011 Driving Efficiency Savings Within Government 253/11
28 November 2011 Opposition divided on impact of global uncertainty 250/11
23 November 2011 Parliamentary Budget Office to Commence in 2012 247/11
23 November 2011 Release of Departmental Advice on Election Costings During the Caretaker Period by the Parliamentary Budget Office 246/11
14 November 2011 NBN Co finalises agreement for construction in SA and NT  
12 November 2011 Robb Splits with Abbott and Hockey on Super 240/11

October

Date Title Ref.
28 October 2011 Australian Government Monthly Financial Statements July and August 2011 227/11
18 October 2011 Oppostion Wrong on Budget and CEFC 219/11
11 October 2011 Release of the New GBE Guidelines 210/11

September

Date Title Ref.
26 September 2011 Outlining the Fiscal Context for the October Tax Forum 191/11
22 September 2011 Hockey Confirms He Will Hide Policy Costings 185/11
21 September 2011 Increasing Budget Transparency  
16 September 2011 South Australia's first NBN site goes live in Willunga 181/11
13 September 2011 Hockey Contradicts Robb in Party Room 180/11
12 September 2011 Sale of Non Financial Assets by Future Fund 177/11
8 September 2011 Hockey Walks Away from $70 Billion Savings Task 175/11
4 September 2011 Robb Confirms $70 Billion Figure that Abbott won't own up to 170/11

August

Date Title Ref.
29 August 2011 Abbott Continues to Dodge $70 Billion Savings Tasks 169/11
25 August 2011 Abbott Shirks $70 Billion Budget Task 167/11
25 August 2011 Parliamentary Budget Office Legislation Introduced 161/11
16 August 2011 Robb Confirms $70 Billion Budget Black Hole 160/11
11 August 2011 Joe Hockey Reveals Extent of the Opposition's Budget Black Hole 157/11
9 August 2011 Statement  

July

Date Title Ref.
15 July 2011 Australian Government Monthly Financial Statements May 2011 134/11
13 July 2011 Tony Abbott Needs to Clarify Position on Pension Increases 143/11
1 July 2011 Appointments to the Commonwealth Superannuation Corporation Board 132/11

June

Date Title Ref.
29 June 2011 Opposition Finalises 40 Policies – Where Is the Detail? 131/11
28 June 2011 Liberals at Odds over Plan to Cut Public Service 128/11
25 June 2011 Mr Abbott, Where’s the Money Coming from? 122/11
23 June 2011 Government - Telstra - NBN Co deal Delivers Historic Telecommunications Reform 119/11
21 June 2011 New Superannuation Governance Arrangements Deliver More Benefits to Members 123/11
17 June 2011 Australian Government Monthly Financial Statements April 2011 116/11
7 June 2011 Revised GBE Guidelines Exposure Draft Released 115/11
7 June 2011 Opposition Threat to the Budget Surplus 114/11

May

Date Title Ref.
31 May 2011 Opposition's $50 Billion Savings Claim Exposed 111/11
20 May 2011 New Government Procurement Rules Deliver Boost for Indigenous Businesses 103/11
17 May 2011 Abbott Wrong on NBN Figures in the Budget 102/11
11 May 2011 Peter Costello set the test for budget in reply 86/11
10 May 2011 Whole-of-Government Savings in the 2011-12 Budget Budget/11
10 May 2011 Abbot & Hockey need to explain their plan to return to surplus 81/11
8 May 2011 Joe Hockey confirms Opposition will explain plan to return to surplus in 2011-12 78/11
6 May 2011 Joe Hockey Commits Tony Abbott to Announcing Detailed Budget Plans 77/11
5 May 2011 Opposition Needs to Explain Surplus Pledge 75/11
2 May 2011 Australian Government to lead the way on safer vehicles 69/11
2 May 2011 Tony Abbott – an Alternative Vision Without Alternative Savings 68/11

April

Date Title Ref.
29 April 2011 Australian Government Monthly Financial Statements March 2011 33/11
21 April 2011 Driving Efficiencies in Government 64/11
17 April 2011 New Figures Show True State of Opposition Fiscal Position 58/11
15 April 2011 Australian Government Monthly Financial Statements February 2011 32/11
12 April 2011 Government procurement to drive indigenous jobs 57/11

March

Date Title Ref.
31 March 2011 Tony Abbott unveils another uncosted policy 49/11
25 March 2011 Australian Government Monthly Financial Statements January 2011 31/11
22 March 2011 Future Fund Board of Guardians - Appointments 46/11

February

Date Title Ref.
19 February 2011 Negotiations Over Flood Levy Package 32/11
14 February 2011 COAG Looks to the Future of Economic Reform 29/11
11 February 2011 Australian Government Monthly Financial Statements December 2010 28/11
11 February 2011 Letter to Senator Ronaldson 26/11
11 February 2011 Letter to Senator Nash 25/11
8 February 2011 Opposition Continues to Delay Alternative Flood Package 21/11
6 February 2011 Tony Abbott Fails to Deliver on Savings Pledge 20/11
4 February 2011 Opposition Has No Alternative Plan to Fund Flood Package 19/11
2 February 2011 Opposition Costings Wrong on Participation Policy 18/11

January

Date Title Ref.
28 January 2011 Tony Abbott Wrong Again on NBN 15/11
24 January 2011 Opposition Continues Misleading Claims About NBN 07/11
20 January 2011 Tony Abbott Making Misleading Claims About NBN 04/11

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