ENG: Nigel Gregory Scullion (born 4 May 1956), Australian politician, has been a member of the Australian Senate for the Northern Territory since November 2001, representing the Country Liberal Party. He is the deputy leader of the National Party, and sits with the Nationals in the Senate.
Scullion received media attention early in his career when questions arose over how his business relationships with government bodies might have affected his eligibility to sit in the Parliament. Investigations continued for some time, but in the end did not affect his membership of Parliament.
On 30 January 2007, he was appointed Minister for Community Services in the Australian Government. On 3 December 2007, he was elected deputy leader of the National Party in the Commonwealth Parliament and served ...
... and Biodiversity Conservation Amendment (Bioregional Plans) Bill 2011
SENATOR SCULLION:
I am quite surprised. I have a great deal of respect for Senator Furner but perhaps he has been speaking on the wrong bill. The Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Amendment (Bioregional Plans) Bill 2011 simply gives the parliament the capacity to consider something. That is all it does, like very many regulations. The bill simply allows us to look at bioregional plans to ensure they do not have unintended consequences. Those on the other side recently have not been caught up in ...
The Nationals are more powerful than ever, according to its visiting deputy leader Nigel Scullion.
Senator Scullion was visiting the Riverina yesterday and responded to criticism that the National Party has had its day.
Unfortunately for Senator Scullion, he was unable to list any infrastructure projects the National Party had been able to secure for the Riverina in the past decade to underline the power of his party.
Member for Riverina Michael McCormack equally struggled with this, before pointing to the expanded RAAF Base and the Regional Express Airline (Rex) pilot academy at ...
barby - in poll Nigel Scullion Northern Territory Senator Nigel Scullion has retained his position as the Coalition's federal Indigenous affairs spokesman.
The Opposition has also appointed New South Wales Senator Marise Payne as its spokeswoman for Indigenous employment and economic development.
But the Coalition has not appointed a separate Indigenous health spokesperson.
Northern Territory MP Warren Snowdon holds that ministry for the Government.
By Jane Bardon
Source: ABC News (Sep 14, 2010)
Interview with 7.30 NT on the Coalition vision for Indigenous Affairs
Friday, March 22, 2013
Nigel Scullion discusses the proposed restructure for Indigenous Affairs if the federal coalition wins government.
DANIELLE PARRY, PRESENTER:
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Indigenous trailblazer Ernie Bridge will be sadly missed
Monday, April 1, 2013
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Indigenous Affairs
Australia’s first Aboriginal government Minister ,Ernie Bridge AM, a trailblazer and role model for Aboriginal people and a genuinely great Australian, will be sadly missed, Shadow Indigenous Affairs Minister Senator Nigel Scullion said.
“I was saddened to hear of the death of Ernie Bridge, a former WA government Cabinet Minister and tireless worker for his people,” Senator Scullion said.
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ernie bridge release.pdf
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NT Labor fenced in
Thursday, March 28, 2013
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NT
“Northern Territory Labor Opposition is being mischievous in claims the scrapping of the Banned Drinkers Register was the reason for the erection of a fence around my office” Country Liberals Senator Nigel Scullion said earlier today.
“The decision that a fence was required was made in March 2012, when Labor was still in Government in the Territory, after an escalation of anti-social incidents,” Senator Scullion said.
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Gillard failing to close the gap in Indigenous education
Wednesday, March 27, 2013
Category:
Indigenous Affairs
The 2012 NAPLAN results show close the gap indicators for education are going backwards under the Gillard Government and the results in remote and very remote areas are a disgrace, Shadow Indigenous Affairs Minister Nigel Scullion said.
“In 14 out of the 20 NAPLAN indicators the gap has widened compared to 2011,” Senator Scullion said.
“The gap has doubled in Year 3 numeracy with 72.7% of Indigenous students meeting national standards compared with 95.1% of non-Indigenous students - a gap of 22.4%. In 2011 the gap was 12.8%.
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naplan release.pdf
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