Posted on August 31, 2009
The incoming Japanese Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama’s staunch protectionist views on agriculture are likely to affect the Queensland economy and test ... Read more...
Posted on August 25, 2009
The highest responsibility of government is protecting its citizens from danger and from threat. That is the responsibility of government. In the area... Read more...
Since the Prime Minister reshuffled the ranks of the senior public servants responsible for defence and foreign policy late last week, most of the com... Read more...
A decade after it was promised, the final volume of Australia's official history of the Vietnam War has missed yet another publication deadline. All... Read more...
QUESTIONS WITHOUT NOTICE: TAKE NOTE OF ANSWERS BY AUTHORITY OF THE SENATE Thursday, 20 August 2009 Senator TROOD (Queensland) (3.16 pm)—I h... Read more...
Posted on August 20, 2009
Queensland Senator Russell Trood spent time at RAAF Base East Sale in July as part of the ADF Parliamentary Program, which involves MPs from differing... Read more...
Posted on August 19, 2009
MARK COLVIN: It's emerged that China was so angry at Australia's decision to grant an exiled Uighur leader a visa, that it cancelled a high-level visi... Read more...
Source: Australian Financial Review Opposition Leader Malcolm Turnbull accused Prime Minister Kevin Rudd yesterday of mishan... Read more...
Article from: The Australian CHINA has launched a two-track strategy to manage its increasingly strained relationship with Australia, e... Read more...
The humiliating, disdainful and provocative treatment of the Australian Government by the Chinese Government is the direct consequence of confused and... Read more...
Posted on August 13, 2009
Queensland Senator Russell Trood has encouraged all Queenslanders to help care for creatures great and small by getting behind the RSPCA Cupca... Read more...
Posted on August 12, 2009
This chamber is of course no stranger to controversy. Indeed it is the lifeblood of what we do. This may well be a unique situation because, with the ... Read more...
Posted on August 11, 2009
Senator TROOD (Queensland) (3.15 pm)—There is one point in his contribution to this debate on which Senator Bishop and I might agree, and that... Read more...
Senator TROOD (Queensland) (2.13 pm)—My question is also to Senator Wong, but it is in her capacity as the minister representing the Attorney-... Read more...
Posted on August 10, 2009
TORRES NEWS - Liberal Senator for Queensland Russell Trood says he will explore the idea of a broad ranging senate inquiry into Commonwe... Read more...
Posted on August 07, 2009
AUSTRALIAN FINANCIAL REVIEW - The federal opposition has accused Prime Minister Kevin Rudd of "dangerous complacency", follow- ing an eight-... Read more...
Posted on August 06, 2009
Attorney-General Robert McClelland’s assertions that the Government will take its time developing a Counter-Terrorism White Paper thinly veil the fact... Read more...
AAP Attorney-General Robert McClelland has defended the federal government's delay in releasing its national security white paper. Liberal senator R... Read more...
Posted on August 05, 2009
ABC PM MARK COLVIN: There's been further fallout from yesterday morning's story in the Australian about the Melbourne counter-terrorism operation. Vi... Read more...
Posted on August 04, 2009
Australian police have arrested four people in the city of Melbourne after uncovering what they say was a plot to launch a suicide attack on an army b... Read more...
AAP - An alleged plot by a radical Islamist group to attack a Sydney army barracks is a sober reminder that there is an "enduring threat" of terrorism... Read more...
Senator Russell Trood has commended the work of combined security agencies in foiling a suicide mission on Australian soil and has again urged Prime M... Read more...