Mathias Cormann
Having joined the Liberal party in Western Australia in 1996, Mathias was elected Senior Vice President of the Perth Division in 2000, State Vice President in 2003 and State Senior Vice President in 2004, a responsibility he fulfilled until March 2008.
In September 2008 Mathias was appointed Shadow Parliamentary Secretary for Health Administration. He was appointed Shadow Minister for Employment Participation, Apprenticeships and Training in December 2009.
He is also the Chair of the Senate Select Committee on Fuel and Energy and has participated in a range of Senate Inquiries in 2008, including into Labor’s Workplace Relations (Transition to Forward with Fairness) Bill 2008, the Wheat Export Marketing Bill 2008, the Tax Laws Amendment (Medicare Levy Surcharge Thresholds) Bill 2008 and the Excise Legislation Amendment (Condensate) Bill 2008.
Articles by Mathias Cormann
The carbon tax: all economic pain, no environmental gain
So the Gillard government has now rammed its 19 carbon tax bills through the House of Representatives. This is despite…... Read more
The Senate protects us from bad government
Governments of either persuasion don’t like it when they don’t get their own way in the Senate. However, in recent…... Read more
Facebook Recommendations
Read all about it
Punch live
Up to the minute Twitter chatter
@joekiely an Irish ghost called a mist fairy comes on dark road and pushes you into the ditch. nothing to do with six pints
Recent posts
The latest and greatest
Would you kill for a job?
Who would work in an abattoir? Most of us have done jobs we didn’t want to do because we needed…
Friday Dilemma: child cruelty or harmless fun?
Parenting. It’s the new oneupmanship. Ah, how quaint the days now seem when parents could raise…
Hipsters with hip replacements
Someone once told me that when people reach a certain age they begin dressing in the manner they did…
Nosebleed Section
choice ringside rantings
From: Punch on: Open thread 09/02/2012
marley says:
I'm one of the older ones, so I've certainly seen a few changes in my time. When I started school I learned to write with a nib pen, dipped in an inkwell (no, I'm not kidding). My mother became a dab hand at getting inkstains out of my clothes. Flicking ink at one another in the classroom was an essential… [read more]From: I’d rather have a piece of toast than listen to crap lyrics
Erick says:
Led Zeppelin are responsible for my all-time favourite mixed metaphor: "There you sit, sit and stare, like a book on a shelf rusting." (Misty Mountain Hop) I laugh every time I hear it. Hmmm, I believe I've decided what to play on the way to work today. [read more]Gentle jabs to the ribs
No wuckin forries. These nuckin futs are tuckin fops
Well, puck me with a fitchfork. The F-word is apparently an acceptable part of Australian speech. That’s… Read more
