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Where is your COVID19 plan Prime Minister?

Yesterday I spoke in the Senate about the lack of a plan to live with and master COVID19 rather than hiding behind advice from bureaucrats in the health departments. There is no guarantee when or if there will be a vaccine. Where is your plan Prime Minister? Transcript I know that there are many grieving […]

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Climate policies costing every household $1300 annually

Climate policies costing every household $1300 annually On Outsiders this morning, Dr Alan Moran release a report I commissioned which analysed the financial impact of climate policies and renewable subsidies on Australian households. The report, ‘The Hidden Cost of Renewables on Electricity Prices’ uncovers blatant distortions and key facts that are excluded from reporting on […]

Dr Alan Moran Report – The Hidden Cost of Climate Policies and Renewables

Australia’s excessively high electricity prices are undermining our economic resilience and competitiveness and cutting our standards of living. Since 2002 Australian governments, in a misguided quest to reduce carbon dioxide, have introduced climate policies at the expense of cheap coal and gas power. Our electricity prices, once the lowest in the world, have become one […]

$13 billion hidden cost on households revealed

A landmark economics report shows that climate policies and renewable subsidies cost Australian households around $13 billion per year, or $1300 per household. Senator Roberts commissioned economist Dr Alan Moran to use all existing government data to examine, for the first time, the true cost of climate policies. Senator Roberts said, “Australians will be shocked […]

Letter to Home Affairs Minister: Foreign Departure Ban

Dear Minister I write in support of Mr Martin Thomson and his son Harry’s application for an exemption from the overseas travel ban to travel from Australia to Scotland.  Separately, and without impinging on that request, I ask the government to adopt a more supportive approach to persons wishing to travel from Australia. Mr Martin […]

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Senator Roberts makes submission to Bank Bail-In Inquiry

The following is Senator Roberts’ submission to the Senate Economics Legislation Committee inquiry into the Senator’s Banking Amendment (Deposits) Bill 2020. See the media release in relation to this submission here. Banking Amendment (Deposits) Bill 2020 I would like to thank the almost 200 submissions in support of the Banking Amendment (Deposits) Bill 2020 (the […]

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Stop banks stealing our money

Stop banks in financial trouble from stealing our savings is the message of Senator Roberts’ submission to the Bank Bail-in inquiry. “The Australian people and small business owners need to know that their savings, whether for mortgages or quarterly tax payments, right now are not safe if a bank faces financial hardship,” said Senator Roberts. The disappointing and inaccurate submissions from Treasury […]