Fed: Package to get parliamentary approval =4

AAP General News (Australia)
02-13-2009
Fed: Package to get parliamentary approval =4

Australian Greens leader BOB BROWN .. who negotiated a separate deal with the government
.. has described Senator XENOPHON'S announcement as a splendid outcome.

He says the opposition must be wondering how it missed the bus.

Family First senator STEVE FIELDING's also announced he's won support from the government
for a 200 million dollar pilot program for his jobs-building plan for local communities.

The plan will offer grants of up to two million dollars in grassroots projects.

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