http://www.thepunch.com.au/author-bios/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. en Copyright 2013 The Punch penberthyd@newsltd.com.au penberthyd@newsltd.com.au Thu, 14 Mar 2013 19:00:10 +0000 Thu, 14 Mar 2013 19:00:10 +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/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 an emphatic pre-election promise that there would be no carbon tax under a Gillard led government, in defiance of strong public opposition to the tax and in spite of overwhelming evidence that a carbon tax is not in our national interest. The bills will now move to the Senate. feedback@thepunch.com.au (Mathias Cormann) Article http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/the-carbon-tax-all-economic-pain-no-environmental-gain/#comments http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/the-carbon-tax-all-economic-pain-no-environmental-gain/#item6905 Wed, 12 Oct 2011 00:20:06 +0000 Mathias Cormann | Author bios | The Punch http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/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 days the Rudd government has taken the levels of whingeing, moaning and sulking about so called ‘Senate obstruction’ to new levels. No doubt this is all part of a deliberate pre-election strategy, seeking to justify the government’s failings and perhaps even the need for a double dissolution election. No less than five senior Ministers fronted a press conference last week accusing the Senate of the worst obstruction in 30 years, while the Prime Minister shouted ‘get out of our way’. feedback@thepunch.com.au (Mathias Cormann) Article http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/the-senate-protects-us-from-bad-government/#comments http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/the-senate-protects-us-from-bad-government/#item2644 Wed, 17 Mar 2010 01:30:20 +0000 Mathias Cormann | Author bios | The Punch