Kevin Rudd’s $1 billion election promise to ensure every high school student had access to a computer is in tatters according to Swan MHR Steve Irons. Mr. Irons said it was now obvious the Prime Minister’s ‘digital revolution’ was never fully thought through or properly costed in the first place. ...

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Swan MHR Steve Irons has condemned the Carpenter Government’s Prostitution Amendment Bill which is likely to be passed in Parliament next week. Mr. Irons said the Bill would lead to a proliferation of legal and illegal brothels in residential areas. “The people of Swan do not want a brothel operat...

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Swan MHR Steve Irons has called on the Rudd Government to come clean and rule out any form of new tax on plastic bags. Mr. Irons said a tax on plastic bags would hurt working families who were already struggling to cope with the high costs of living. “At last year’s election Kevin Rudd promised to...

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Swan MHR Steve Irons has called on the Rudd Government to provide funding for a national women’s sporting event taking place in Swan later this month. The Manning Memorial Bowling Club is hosting the Women’s Lawn Bowls Australian Sides Championships from March 31 to April 3, 2008. This event has no...

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School communities and parents will have to foot the bill for the extra costs associated with Kevin Rudd’s policy to put computers in schools, the Federal Member for Swan, Steve Irons, said today. Mr. Irons said the Rudd Government would leave the state government and schools to pay for the power c...

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Steve Irons MP today joined Opposition Scrutiny of Government Spokesperson, Chris Pearce MP, in condemning Prime Minister Kevin Rudd for wasting taxpayers’ dollars to keep Parliament sitting on Fridays. Mr Irons said it will cost taxpayers’ millions of dollars annually to keep Parliament sitting on...

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