Media Releases
Promotion to Shadow Ministry
- Tuesday, 24 June 2014
I’m extremely pleased to be elected to Labor’s Shadow Ministry team today. I’m privileged to have been elevated to the Shadow Ministry as Shadow Assistant Minister for Education and Shadow Assistant Minister for Higher Education.
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ABBOTT’S CUTS MEAN SOUTHERN ADELAIDE WILL GET A SECOND RATE NBN
- Thursday, 19 June 2014
Shadow Assistant Minister for Communications, Michelle Rowland and Federal Member for Kingston, Amanda Rishworth today met with local residents who will miss out on the real NBN and will have to rely on a second rate network. Read More.
Tony Abbott's Health Cuts Hurt South Australians
- Tuesday, 20 May 2014
Tony Abbott’s more than $50 billion Budget cut to health will have a devastating impact on services for South Australians. As a start, Mr Abbott’s Budget has ripped $600 million from the South Australian health system over the next four years. Because of the Abbott Government, at the end of those four years, South Australia will be the equivalent of 600 hospital beds worse off.Read More.
PENSIONERS, FAMILIES IN KINGSTON WILL PAY FOR BROKEN PROMISES
- Thursday, 15 May 2014
Amanda Rishworth MP, Federal Member for Kingston, has accused the Abbott Government of delivering a Budget of broken promises that will hurt pensioners and families already fighting to make ends meet. Read More.
GRANTS ALLOW SCHOOLS IN SOUTH TO COMMEMORATE ANZAC CENTENARY
- Tuesday, 13 May 2014
Federal Member for Kingston Amanda Rishworth MP today announced that five local schools around the South will share in $14850 to commemorate the ANZAC Centenary through watching and then performing the theatrical production Do Not Forget, Australia. Read More.
ABBOTT’S COMMISSION OF AUDIT: A BLUEPRINT FOR BROKEN PROMISES
- Monday, 05 May 2014
Federal Member for Kingston, Amanda Rishworth MP, said that Tony Abbott's Commission of Audit is nothing more than a blueprint for the Government's broken promises in the upcoming federal Budget. Read More.
Abbott Government says no to Christies Beach
- Thursday, 01 May 2014
Unfortunately, the Abbott Government has now confirmed that it will not honour the commitment by the former Federal Labor Government to provide $600 000 to upgrade Bice Oval in Christies Beach. Read More.
FUTURE OF FUNDING TO SUPPORT AT RISK YOUTH IN THE SOUTH UNCERTAIN
- Monday, 31 March 2014
Federal Member for Kingston Amanda Rishworth MP is calling on the Abbott Government to recommit to funding Youth Connections Program providers in the South so that vulnerable local young people continue to receive critical support 
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PRIME MINISTER UNAPOLOGETIC THAT CRUEL CUTS WILL HURT CHILDREN OF WAR VETERANS
- Tuesday, 25 March 2014
Prime Minister Tony Abbott is determined to cut payments to children of war veterans who have been killed or injured, including children who are orphaned. Read More.
FAMILIES IN KINGSTON TO BE HIT WITH $5,402,574 GP TAX
- Wednesday, 26 February 2014
Families in Kingston will be among the hardest hit by Tony Abbott's new GP Tax, new Medicare analysis has shown, said Amanda Rishworth MP today. Read More.
