Senate inquiry into Rudd's Green Loans debacle

The Coalition will today move* for a Senate inquiry into another environmental program bungled by the Rudd Government, affecting the livelihoo...

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Trickle of Murray Darling funding welcome – but $Billions MIA

“Today’s announcement of $25.03 million in approved funding to local councils for water saving infrastructure is far short of the action neede...

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What role did Arbib’s “on time” obsession play in insulation debacle?

More evaded questions today suggest the Minister with responsibility for coordinating the roll-out of the stimulus package was warned of the d...

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Green Loans blocked by Garrett’s paperwork delays

More than 100,000 householders risk missing out on Green Loans because of horrendous delays in paperwork being returned to them, Senator Simon...

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Garrett cops first Senate censure in five years

The Senate today passed its first censure motion in five years, the first since the election of the Rudd Government, targeting the mismanageme...

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Arbib joins Garrett as guilty party in insulation debacle (joint release)

Mark Arbib, the Minister responsible for coordinating the roll-out of the stimulus package, has refused to say when he first became aware of i...

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Garrett’s Department fronts home insulation Senate inquiry

Environment Department officials reporting to Minister Peter Garrett have the opportunity today to publicly detail all documents and advice gi...

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Garrett must give okay for officials to tell all

Environment Minister Peter Garrett should direct his department to release all documents, and detail all advice, to a Senate inquiry into the ...

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Peter Garrett's Green Loans – a chronology of mismanagement

· Kevin Rudd and Peter Garrett went to the last election promising to: "Offer low interest Gr...

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Garrett: I announced the targets but they weren't mine

Environment Minister Peter Garrett is so embarrassed at his underperforming Green Loans program that he's now trying to distance himself from ...

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'National management', but officials confirm NSW retains veto

Claims to have achieved national management of the Murray Darling Basin have been exposed as little more than a sham under questioning in Sena...

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Incredible shrinking loans

A key election promise of thousands of loans for environmentally friendly home improvements has been disappearing before our very eyes, Senato...

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Rudd Government stockpiling ETS staff with no work

The Rudd Government is living in an alternate universe, spending millions of taxpayer dollars recruiting ever more staff to manage its twice d...

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Labor wrong and wrong again on impact of great big new tax

The Government’s proposed emissions trading scheme is so confusing that even Mr Rudd and his Government’s Leader in the Senate can’t explain i...

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ETS impact is relevant now, Senator Evans

The arrogance of the Rudd Labor Government has been on display, with the Government’s Leader in the Senate today suggesting the cost impacts o...

Senator Simon Birmingham

Liberal Senator for South Australia

Shadow Parliamentary Secretary for the Murray Darling Basin

Shadow Parliamentary Secretary for Climate Action

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Media Releases

Senate inquiry into Rudd's Green Loans debacle

Trickle of Murray Darling funding welcome – but $Billions MIA

What role did Arbib’s “on time” obsession play in insulation debacle?

Green Loans blocked by Garrett’s paperwork delays

Garrett cops first Senate censure in five years

Arbib joins Garrett as guilty party in insulation debacle (joint release)

Garrett’s Department fronts home insulation Senate inquiry

Garrett must give okay for officials to tell all

Peter Garrett's Green Loans – a chronology of mismanagement

Garrett: I announced the targets but they weren't mine

'National management', but officials confirm NSW retains veto

Incredible shrinking loans

Rudd Government stockpiling ETS staff with no work

Labor wrong and wrong again on impact of great big new tax

ETS impact is relevant now, Senator Evans