Pokies manager to stand for Liberals

Pokies manager to stand for Liberals

The Age - Melbourne,Victoria,Australia
... Problem gambling looms as a major issue at the election, with the Liberal Party, the Greens, People Power Party and Family First all speaking out against poker ...

AUSTRALIA: Liberals soften, Nats hold out, says media

AUSTRALIA: Liberals soften, Nats hold out, says media

Asia Pacific Media Network - Los Angeles,CA,USA
... said yesterday the Government was prepared to talk to Family First senator Steve ... channels designed to increase the take-up of digital television in Australia. ...

Liberals poke at Labor's reformist credentials

Liberals poke at Labor's reformist credentials
The Age - Melbourne,Victoria,Australia
... The Greens, Family First and People Power aim to go much further. Powerful industry interests aside, Western Australia shows there is no reason poker machines ...

SA sex education too explicit - Family First

SA sex education too explicit - Family First
ABC Regional Online - Australia
... to education course to be introduced to high schools throughout South Australia. ... But Family First MLC Andrew Evans is concerned that Shine SA wants mandatory ...

Evans has battle to entice voters

Evans has battle to entice voters
Advertiser Adelaide - Adelaide,South Australia,Australia
... More than half the voters in South Australia do not believe the party has improved ... Family First's vote has fallen from 5.9 per cent at the election to 3 per ...

Democrats not dead yet: leader

Democrats not dead yet: leader
Border Mail - Albury,New South Wales,Australia
... in the federal Parliament in recent years while other parties like the Greens and Family First have picked ... “Really the reaction in South Australia was quite ...

Voters believe Costello but still prefer Howard

Voters believe Costello but still prefer Howard
Sydney Morning Herald - Sydney,New South Wales,Australia
... cent. The Democrats remained steady on 2 per cent and other minor parties, including Family First, fell by 1 point to 2 per cent. ...

Allison accuses media of picking on Democrats

Allison accuses media of picking on Democrats
ABC Online - Australia
... "I think we are picked on to some extent, if I can say that," she said. "I mean no one's talking about Family First or the National Party and yet their polling ...

Democrats leader defends party support

Democrats leader defends party support
The Age - Melbourne,Victoria,Australia
... in the federal parliament in recent years while other parties like the Greens and Family First have picked up ... "Really the reaction in South Australia was quite ...

Barnaby hedges on media vote

Barnaby hedges on media vote
Border Mail - Albury,New South Wales,Australia
... Joyce could vote against parts of the Government’s overhaul of Australia’s $12 ... would have to secure a vote from Family First senator Steve Fielding to pass ...

Fight over media reform

Fight over media reform
Advertiser Adelaide - Adelaide,South Australia,Australia
... to defeat parts of the Government's historic overhaul of Australia's $12 billion media ... majority and would have to secure a vote from Family First senator Steve ...

Third force of politics is going nowhere on the lost highway

Third force of politics is going nowhere on the lost highway
Sydney Morning Herald - Sydney,New South Wales,Australia
... The Australia Party, their predecessor, never won a seat, while the DLP's major ... are the Nationals' Barnaby Joyce and Family First's Steve Fielding, there is a ...

Keep emotion out of stem cell debate

'Keep emotion out of stem cell debate'
Ninemsn - Sydney,New South Wales,Australia
... He said some groups, notably the Family First Party, would run into trouble with ... you'll find that these new areas of technology will be adopted by Australia.". ...

Media changes may face hurdle

Media changes may face hurdle

NEWS.com.au - Australia
... vote against parts of the Government's historic overhaul of Australia's $12 billion ... have to secure a vote from Family First senator Steve Fielding to pass the ...

Filters, fixes and flimsy in new Net policy

Filters, fixes and flimsy in new Net policy
Eureka Street - Melbourne,Victoria,USA
... to protecting families online in the history of the Internet in Australia". ... But the families lobby, Labor, Family First and many government MPs are adamant the ...

Christopher Pearson: Not quite a cause to die for

Christopher Pearson: Not quite a cause to die for

The Australian - Sydney,Australia
... seem to be what's driving the debate on euthanasia legislation in South Australia. ... What's more, the only cleric in the parliament, Andrew Evans, who is a ...

Report gets Big Brother off the hook

Report gets Big Brother off the hook

eBroadcast Australia - Melbourne,Victoria,Australia
... What she is really doing is pandering to the likes of Senators Barnaby Joyce and Steve Fielding to try and make sure they are onside when her cherished media ...

Big Brother sex breach prompts axe calls

Big Brother sex breach prompts axe calls

The West Australian - Perth,Western Australia,Australia
... Family First senator Steve Fielding said he would like to see the show axed. ... housemates, bringing joy not only to their fellow housemates but to Australia as a ...

Ten cleared over Big Brother scandal

Ten cleared over Big Brother scandal
The West Australian - Perth,Western Australia,Australia
... Family First senator Steve Fielding attacked the government for not taking any firm action against Ten. "All we have is yet another review. ...

Coonan faces reality

Coonan faces reality
Courier Mail - Australia
... Last night, as the Family First Party accused her of being out of touch with community standards, Senator Coonan said she had already been planning legislation ...

TV's Big Brother escapes

TV's Big Brother escapes

Melbourne Herald Sun - Australia
... needed tougher powers. Family First Senator Steve Fielding said the Government should have forced the show off the air. "The Federal ...

House incident triggers review of regulation

House incident triggers review of regulation
Sydney Morning Herald - Sydney,New South Wales,Australia
... The Family First senator Steve Fielding said the assessment meant the Federal Government had given "the green light to sex, smut and sleaze". ...

Police rule out BB probe

Police rule out BB probe

The Age - Melbourne,Victoria,Australia
... housemates, bringing joy not only to their fellow housemates but to Australia as a ... Family First senator Steve Fielding said he would like to see the show axed. ...

Window on the crass world

Window on the crass world

Courier Mail - Australia
... There are also those who take it upon themselves to function as mainstream Australia's moral guardians – a representative from Family First describing the ...

BB self-regulation 'not working'

BB self-regulation 'not working'

NEWS.com.au - Australia
... surrounding the reality television show Big Brother shows self-regulation of the industry was not working, Family First senator Steve Fielding said today. ...

Police will not act on TV house incident

Police will not act on TV house incident
Sydney Morning Herald - Sydney,New South Wales,Australia
... The Family First senator Steve Fielding said he would like to see the show axed. "How many more warnings before action is taken? ...

TV sleaze funding to continue

TV sleaze funding to continue

Courier Mail - Australia
... "If you destroy television production in Australia . . ... Family First senator Steve Fielding said the ACMA should be given tougher powers to ban "trash" programs ...

Ten should donate BB prize pool; TV sleaze funding to continue; Calls from all sides of politics to axe Big Brother

Ten should donate BB prize pool

The Age - Melbourne,Victoria,Australia
... Family First senator Steve Fielding said the incident, which was viewed by people over the internet, showed that self-regulation of the television industry was ...

TV sleaze funding to continue
Brisbane Courier Mail - Queensland, Australia
... "If you destroy television production in Australia . . ... Family First senator Steve Fielding said the ACMA should be given tougher powers to ban "trash" programs ...

Calls from all sides of politics to axe Big Brother
ABC Online - Australia
... STEVE FIELDING: This show legitimises behaviour that is not acceptable anywhere in our ... start calling for the banning of R-rated American movies in Australia? ...

Aussie BB live sex assault claim

Aussie BB live sex assault claim

ITV.com - UK
Big Brother in Australia is facing the axe after two housemates were booted out ... going to put up with before the show is pulled?" asked Steve Fielding, a family ...

Your thoughts on Big Brother

Your thoughts on Big Brother

Ninemsn - Sydney,New South Wales,Australia
... inbox has been inundated with your thoughts on Family First Senator Steve Fielding's comments that ... what will the rest of the world think, oh Australia the land ...

Investigate incident: Family First

Investigate incident: Family First

Sydney Morning Herald - Sydney,New South Wales,Australia
Family First senator Steve Fielding says a serious sexual incident on the Big Brother reality TV show should be investigated by police. ...

Coalition Gains, ALP Drops in Australia
Angus Reid Global Scan - Vancouver,BC,Canada
The Australian Greens are third with 8.5 per cent, followed by Family First, the Australian Democrats and One Nation. Australia’s preferential voting system ...

Action now to stop bad refugee policy

Action now to stop bad refugee policy

Green Left Weekly - Chippendale,NSW,Australia
... While Family First Senator Steve Fielding stayed mum, the Liberal Party’s Judi ... conference hosted by refugee advocacy organisation A Just Australia and online ...

Big Brother? Big Bother!

Big Brother? Big Bother!

OhmyNews International - South Korea
... has made the television show unpopular with conservative groups in Australia. ... Senator Stephen Fielding from the minority Christian party Family First said. ...

Pressure mounts to bring Hicks home

Pressure mounts to bring Hicks home

The Age - Melbourne,Victoria,Australia
... Family First senator Steve Fielding was similarly scathing, demanding that "David Hicks ... line, telling Channel Ten's Meet the Press that Australia should wait ...

$1bn cut from disabled, parents' welfare; Sidelined watchdog

$1bn cut from disabled, parents' welfare

The Age - Melbourne,Victoria,Australia
... Multiple Sclerosis sufferer and MS Australia advocate Robert Pask has escaped the cuts ... Family First senator Steve Fielding said that if a person was genuinely ...

Sidelined watchdog
The Australian - Sydney,Australia
... 2002. Then there is the question of whether Family First can build on its sole Senate representative, Victorian Steve Fielding. ...