ABC Radio AM Programme with Chris Uhlmann
Transcript by Senator the Hon Mitch FifieldE & OE UHLMANN: The Assistant Minister for Social Services is Senator Mitch Fifield. Welcome to AM. FIFIELD: Good morning Chris. UHLMANN: Does this decision…
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ABC Radio AM Program with James Glenday
Transcript by Senator the Hon Mitch FifieldELIZABETH JACKSON: The federal Minister responsible for the NDIS is Mitch Fifield. He told AM’s James Glenday the Government isn’t trying to slow down the…
ABC News 24 With Julia Doyle
Transcript by Senator the Hon Mitch FifieldDOYLE: Mitch Fifield, you’re in Geelong for the opening of the National Disability Insurance Agency Headquarters. When it comes to the rollout of the NDIS,…
ABC Radio National. Breakfast with Ellen Fanning
Transcript by Senator the Hon Mitch FifieldFANNING: Mitch Fifield is the Assistant Minister for Social Services with responsibility for disability care. He’s been listening to John Della Bosca and Senator Fifield…
Welfare Review Press Conference
Transcript by Hon Kevin Andrews MPE&OE Question: So Kevin what does this new overhaul include? Minister: What we’re concerned about is there are more than 1,000 people each week joining…
Relationship Assistance, Age Pension, DSP
Transcript by Hon Kevin Andrews MPE&OE David: One new thing which the Government will actually provide is free relationship counselling for brides and grooms before they walk down the aisle.…
Age Pension, McClure Review, DSP
Transcript by Hon Kevin Andrews MPE&OE Greg Jennett: Let’s start first of all with that much vaunted Tony Abbott quote of the evening before the September election, no change to…
Sky News Saturday Agenda with David Lipson
Transcript by Senator the Hon Mitch FifieldLIPSON: Mitch Fifield joins me now from Melbourne. Mitch Fifield thanks for your time today. First of all, let’s go to some of those questions…
Radio 2CC Canberra Breakfast with Mark Parton
Transcript by Senator the Hon Mitch FifieldPARTON: Now, we were detailing, prior to eight o’clock, some of the pessimistic rhetoric that’s going on in the lead up to this Federal Budget…
2GB Radio Drive with Ben Fordham
Transcript by Senator the Hon Mitch FifieldFORDHAM: I told you last week, right off the back of these inquiries underway at the moment into the Pink Batts scheme, that we need…
ABC 7.30 with Sarah Ferguson
Transcript by Senator the Hon Mitch FifieldFERGUSON: Western Australia joined the rest of the country today with the states premier and Tony Abbott agreeing to trial sites for the National Disability…
Homelessness Funding
Transcript by Hon Kevin Andrews MPE&OE Minister: (Inaudible)…Glenda Stevens, the CEO of Homelessness Australia and other guests and members of the Salvation Army. It is a privilege to be at…
6PR Perth
Transcript by Hon Kevin Andrews MPE&OE PRESENTER: Morning thanks for your time today Minister MINISTER: My pleasure. PRESENTER: It wasn’t long ago I don’t think, in fact in the last…
Sky News Viewpoint with Chris Kenny
Transcript by Senator the Hon Mitch FifieldKENNY: Thanks for joining us Mitch. FIFIELD: Good to be with you Chris. KENNY: I want to firstly go to this report that’s looked at…
ABC Radio Hobart Statewide Mornings
Transcript by Senator the Hon Mitch FifieldCOMPTON: The new federal Government have looked at the National Disability Insurance Scheme, they’ve commissioned a report into its capabilities and how it’s tracking so…
The Pulse Geeloong Radio with Daniel Santopietro
Transcript by Senator the Hon Mitch FifieldSANTOPIETRO: Good morning Senator. FIFIELD: Good morning Daniel. SANTOPIETRO: Ok, so Minister, what are the significant problems? FIFIELD: Well, when we came into Government last…
ABC Radio AM with Chris Uhlmann and Lexi Metherell
Transcript by Senator the Hon Mitch FifieldUHLMANN: The timetable for delivering national disability insurance is under review after a damning assessment of the decision to launch the scheme a year early.…
Harmony Day, Racial Discrimination Act, racism generally
Transcript by Senator the Hon Concetta Fierravanti-WellsE&OE [Presenter plays an audio clip from harmony.gov.au as lead in to the interview] NICK RHEINBERGER: That’s from the Harmony.gov.au website featuring – or starring,…
Harmony Day, racism generally
Transcript by Senator the Hon Concetta Fierravanti-WellsE&OE SIMON WALLACE: Where are you from? And I don’t mean mum or dad were teachers so we moved around a lot. Where did your…
ACNC, Homelessness Funding, Welfare Review
Transcript by Hon Kevin Andrews MPE&OE David Speers: More than 50 charities and not-for-profits have complained about your move to scrap the Australian Charities and Not-for-profits Commission, they say it’s…
Multicultural issues, settlement services, Nelson Mandela, English language, Harmony Day
Transcript by Senator the Hon Concetta Fierravanti-WellsE&OE QUESTION: Senator Concetta, I think most of you will be well aware that she is the Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Social Services.…
National Rental Affordability Scheme
Transcript by Hon Kevin Andrews MPE&OE Presenter: The future of the subsidised housing scheme for low income tenants in is doubt over claims it’s being manipulated to build accommodation for…
Pension increase; Welfare reform
Transcript by Hon Kevin Andrews MPE&OE Marius Benson: Kevin Andrews can I begin with the good news, you’re increasing the pension. Minister: Indeed from March 20, 3.6 million pensioners will…
Press conference
Transcript by Hon Kevin Andrews MPE&OE Question: If the gap is too big between Newstart and Disability Payment why not look at increasing Newstart which has been criticised as very…
ABC News Radio with Marius Benson
Transcript by Hon Kevin Andrews MPE&OE Sandy Aloisi: New figures being released today by the Federal Government will show it’s paying out more in unemployment benefits. The labour market figures…