http://www.thepunch.com.au/author-bios/andrew-robb/ Shadow finance spokesman and Federal Liberal member for the Victorian seat of Goldstein. en Copyright 2012 The Punch penberthyd@newsltd.com.au penberthyd@newsltd.com.au Sat, 26 May 2012 20:00:49 +0000 Sat, 26 May 2012 20:00:49 +0000 Politics, opinion, world news, sports news, latest news, views, Barack Obama, Kevin Rudd, Julia Gillard, Nathan Rees, Malcolm Turnbull, Peter Garrett, Barnaby Joyce, Australian, federal politics, opinion polls, election, The Punch, thepunch, punch ExpressionEngine 1.6.7 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 15 http://www.thepunch.com.au/images/punch-logo-rss.png http://www.thepunch.com.au/ 144 70 Politics, political opinion, world news, sports news and the latest news and views updated live, daily on The Punch - Australia's best conversation. Search The Punch keywords http://www.thepunch.com.au/search/ http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/labor-has-betrayed-first-home-owners/ ‪First home buyers have just cause to feel betrayed by the Rudd-Gillard government as they struggle under the strain of seven consecutive interest rate rises which have been exacerbated by loose fiscal policy.‬ ‪A disturbing new survey by Mortgage Choice has found that 10 per cent of first home buyers, who purchased their homes in the past two years, have either sold their homes or are considering selling because of financial hardship, caused by interest rate hikes.‬ ‪The survey also found that another 6 per cent would sell if interest rates climbed a further one per cent, while another 14 per cent would sell if they rose another 1.5 per cent.‬ feedback@thepunch.com.au (Andrew Robb) Article http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/labor-has-betrayed-first-home-owners/#comments http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/labor-has-betrayed-first-home-owners/#item5244 Sun, 27 Feb 2011 19:50:13 +0000 Andrew Robb | Author bios | The Punch http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/hold-andrew-robb-on-dams/ Bob Brown is ever the opportunist, even if his timing leaves a very bad taste in everyone’s mouths. His recent pronouncement that our coal industry is to blame for the devastation caused by the floods in Queensland, NSW, Victoria and Tasmania is both absurd and insensitive. All the experts, whatever their views on climate change, agree that the increased rainfalls are driven by the long-established cycles of La Nina weather events, just as El Nino is associated with drought. feedback@thepunch.com.au (Andrew Robb) Article http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/hold-andrew-robb-on-dams/#comments http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/hold-andrew-robb-on-dams/#item4971 Wed, 26 Jan 2011 19:45:46 +0000 Andrew Robb | Author bios | The Punch http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/governments-third-birthday-nothing-to-celebrate/ The infamous ‘gang of four’, making all government decisions, came to symbolise the style of the first term of the Rudd-Gillard Government, and is reminiscent of the first chaotic days of the Whitlam years. In 1972 Gough Whitlam and Lance Barnard were sworn in as an absurd two-man ministry making a raft of two-man decisions, which set the scene for three years of extraordinary incompetence and profligacy. Today, marks the third anniversary of the election of the current government and it can be argued that Labor’s abandonment of cabinet government, and centralisation of power around a select few, similarly set it down the pathway to the mess it is now in. feedback@thepunch.com.au (Andrew Robb) Article http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/governments-third-birthday-nothing-to-celebrate/#comments http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/governments-third-birthday-nothing-to-celebrate/#item4545 Tue, 23 Nov 2010 19:44:05 +0000 Andrew Robb | Author bios | The Punch http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/labor-should-cut-spending-to-protect-home-owners/ This government must have the courage and discipline to cut spending, reduce borrowing and to repay debt. The mid year economic update (MYEFO) expected this week needs to take the form of a mini-budget. Wayne Swan needs to accept that government spending has and is contributing to the upward pressure on interest rates. We have now seen seven rises under his watch. The Treasurer was at direct odds with leading economists such as Saul Eslake, Chris Richardson and RBA board member Warwick McKibbin, when he said: “Anybody who’s claiming the stimulus is somehow related to rate rises is simply talking rubbish.” feedback@thepunch.com.au (Andrew Robb) Article http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/labor-should-cut-spending-to-protect-home-owners/#comments http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/labor-should-cut-spending-to-protect-home-owners/#item4414 Sun, 07 Nov 2010 19:45:54 +0000 Andrew Robb | Author bios | The Punch