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Nick Champion

Type: Person

Name: Nick Champion

First reported 10 hours ago - Updated 34 mins ago - 1 reports

Manufacturing

Australia – fallout from Ford decision to close its manufacturing plants

By: In the local press: MPs push to lift imported vehicle prices to protect Australian car industry (gated) JULIA Gillard faces a backbench push for an emergency hike in car tariffs to protect the Australian vehicle sector following Ford's decision to ... [Published FXstreet.com - 10 hours ago]

Entities: Fallout, Manufacturing, Australia

First reported 6 hours ago - Updated 6 hours ago - 1 reports

PM rules out emergency car tariffs

Prime Minister Julia Gillard has ruled out emergency tariffs to help the car manufacturing industry, saying it may spark trade reprisals.In the wake of suggestions from some Labor MPs and unionists that Australia may need to consider such an emergency ... [Published Brisbane Times - 6 hours ago]

Entities: Julia Gillard, Paul Bastian, emergency, Doug Cameron

First reported 6 hours ago - Updated 6 hours ago - 1 reports

Julia Gillard

PM Julia Gillard rejects calls to raise import tariffs as car industry struggles for survival after Ford closure

PM Julia Gillard has stared down backbench calls for an increase in tariffs on imported cars in the wake of Ford's decision to shut down its Australian plants.Labor backbenchers Darren Cheeseman, Nick Champion and Doug Cameron say an emergency increase ... [Published ABC Radio Australia - 6 hours ago]

Entities: Julia Gillard, Nick Champion, Darren Cheeseman, Doug Cameron

First reported 23 hours ago - Updated 10 hours ago - 1 reports

Toyota Motor Corporation

Holden and Toyota Remain Committed to Australia for the Moment

The auto manufacturing industry in Australia is slowly dying, worrying automotive component suppliers and their employees. Holden chairman and managing director Mike Devereux said that there is still hope for the industry and the company announced it ... [Published Inautonews - 23 hours ago]

Entities: Toyota Motor Corporation, Australia, Nick Champion

First reported May 21 2013 - Updated May 21 2013 - 1 reports

Smooth ride for cyclists

Cyclists will soon have a smooth ride along the Rattler Trail from Auburn to Riverton following a successful bid for a Regional Development Australia Fund grant.Clare and Gilbert Valleys Council will receive $410,300 to upgrade the Rattler Trail, including ... [Published Northern Argus - May 21 2013]

Entities: Nick Champion, Regional Development, Wakefield Corp

First reported May 20 2013 - Updated May 20 2013 - 2 reports

Labor MP proposes temporary tariffs to help Australian car makers

Nick Champion, the federal Labor MP for Wakefield, has called for a temporary 5-10 per cent tariff on imported cars to shield local automotive makers from the effects of the high Australian dollar."We have limited options to help the automotive industry ... [Published Manufacturers Monthly - May 20 2013]

Entities: Nick Champion, Australian Dollar, Sophie Mirabella, Manufacturing, Wakefield Corp

First reported May 18 2013 - Updated May 19 2013 - 2 reports

Xenophon supports boost to car tariffs

INDEPENDENT senator Nick Xenophon will support any moves to impose a temporary tariff on car imports triggered by the high Australian dollar. The idea of a special tariff imposed while the dollar is above US94c was floated by Labor backbench MP Nick Champion, ... [Published Adelaide Now - May 19 2013]

Entities: Nick Xenophon, Nick Champion, Australian Dollar, Manufacturing

First reported May 16 2013 - Updated May 16 2013 - 4 reports

Denial of MP pair ignites sexism debate

Tony Abbott's commitment to working women is under fire after the coalition declined a request from a Labor backbencher who needed to care for her sick child.Michelle Rowland, the MP for Greenway in Sydney's west, had sought a 'pair' from the coalition ... [Published BigPond News - May 16 2013]

Entities: Warren Entsch, Sexism, Misogyny, Coalition

First reported May 15 2013 - Updated May 15 2013 - 1 reports

Record low rate relief

Other recent news:LOCAL olive growers are gearing up for a bumper harvest.MOST Wakefield residents do not know who the Liberal and Labor Party candidates are for the September 2013 federal election, a local poll indicates.Councillors divided1GAWLER Council ... [Published Bunyip - May 15 2013]

Entities: Wakefield Corp, Nick Champion, Labor party, Small Businesses, Federal

First reported May 08 2013 - Updated May 08 2013 - 1 reports

Suffolk/Essex: Splendid weekend weather boosts tourism

Hot weather brings tourism boostAS radiant sunshine beamed across the county, the dawn finally broke on the region?s summer tourism trade.A bumper weekend gave the industry a much needed boost and prompted a brighter forecast from glowing tourism chi ... [Published East Anglian Daily Times - May 08 2013]

Entities: Nick Champion, Royal Society for the Protection of Birds, Robin Hood

First reported May 06 2013 - Updated May 06 2013 - 1 reports

Capital Hill Monday 5 May 2013

ABC News24 political editor Lyndal Curtis discusses the day in politics with Labor MP Nick Champion and Liberal MP Scott Buchhol ... [Published ABC Online - May 06 2013]

Entities: Capital Hill Plc, Nick Champion, Labor

First reported May 03 2013 - Updated May 03 2013 - 1 reports

Seat of the week: Wakefield

Extending from northern Adelaide deep into rural territory beyond, Wakefield has existed in name since South Australia was first divided into electorates in 1903, but its complexion changed dramatically when its southern neighbour Bonython was abolished ... [Published The Poll Bludger - May 03 2013]

Entities: Wakefield Corp, Labor, Nick Champion, David Fawcett, Neil Andrew

Quotes

"as long as the dollar is above a certain level, around 91 or 92 cents . . . we should be implementing a safeguard tariff" Mr Champion said

PM rules out emergency car tariffs [Published Brisbane Times - 6 hours ago]

"we have limited options to help the automotive industry but one is a special tariff in these unusual circumstances of an abnormally high australian dollar while competitors are devaluing their currency" said Champion

Labor MP proposes temporary tariffs to help Australian car makers [Published Manufacturers Monthly - May 20 2013]

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PM rules out emergency car tariffs [Published Brisbane Times - 6 hours ago]
PM Julia Gillard rejects calls to raise import ... [Published ABC Radio Australia - 6 hours ago]
Australia – fallout from Ford decision to close... [Published FXstreet.com - 10 hours ago]
Holden and Toyota Remain Committed to Australia... [Published Inautonews - 23 hours ago]
Smooth ride for cyclists [Published Northern Argus - May 21 2013]
Labor MP proposes temporary tariffs to help Aus... [Published Manufacturers Monthly - May 20 2013]
Labor MP proposes temporary tariffs to help Aus... [Published The Sydney News - May 20 2013]
Xenophon supports boost to car tariffs [Published Adelaide Now - May 19 2013]
MPs on taxpayer-funded travel splurge [Published Brisbane Courier-Mail - May 18 2013]
Car tariff push to save Holden jobs [Published Adelaide Now - May 18 2013]
Denial of MP pair ignites sexism debate [Published BigPond News - May 16 2013]
MP mum's request ignites sexism debate [Published Sydney Morning Herald - May 16 2013]
Tom’s out and about, getting to know us [Published Plains Producer - May 16 2013]
PM joins Labor anger over failed 'pair' [Published Special Broadcasting Service - May 16 2013]
Oppn refuses pair for mother of sick child [Published Special Broadcasting Service - May 16 2013]
Record low rate relief [Published Bunyip - May 15 2013]
Minister for Defence ? Response to Question wit... [Published Noodls - May 14 2013]
Suffolk/Essex: Splendid weekend weather boosts ... [Published East Anglian Daily Times - May 08 2013]
Capital Hill Monday 5 May 2013 [Published ABC Online - May 06 2013]
Seat of the week: Wakefield [Published The Poll Bludger - May 03 2013]
Clare remembers the Anzacs [Published Northern Argus - Apr 30 2013]
Watervale reflects on the Anzacs [Published Northern Argus - Apr 30 2013]
Income quarantine to be extended to youth [Published Northern Territory News - Apr 29 2013]
BludgerTrack: 54.9-45.1 to Coalition [Published The Poll Bludger - Apr 24 2013]
DSTO > News > JSF model to study electromagneti... [Published Australian Government - Apr 18 2013]
Defence Ministers » Minister for Defence Scien... [Published Australian Government - Apr 18 2013]
NZ gay marriage vote: PM unmoved [Published Sydney Morning Herald - Apr 18 2013]
Gay Aussies 'lining up' to wed in NZ [Published Otago Daily Times - Apr 18 2013]
Gillard, Abbott unmoved on gay marriage [Published Sydney Morning Herald - Apr 18 2013]
'Let's recognise NZ gay marriages here' [Published Perth Now - Apr 18 2013]

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Seat of the week: Wakefield [Published The Poll Bludger - May 03 2013] Extending from northern Adelaide deep into rural territory beyond, Wakefield has existed in name since South Australia was first divided into electorates in 1903, but its complexion changed dramatically when its southern neighbour Bonython was abolished ...
BludgerTrack: 54.9-45.1 to Coalition [Published The Poll Bludger - Apr 24 2013] With fresh results added from Newspoll, Essential Research and Morgan, this week’s BludgerTrack poll aggregate moves about half a point in Labor’s favour for the third week in a row. Since the immediate wake of the leadership crisis, Labor has recovered ...