Lower GDP and lower wages – all okay by Australia's unions

Australia's union movement is backing the Government's carbon tax even though it expects it to reduce both real wages and economic production,...

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Pressure pays off – ABC commits to SANFL coverage

I welcome today's announcement by the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) that it will start negotiations to continue televising South A...

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Carbon tax – 'speak now or forever hold your peace' – almost!

Australians concerned about Julia Gillard's carbon tax must 'speak now or forever hold their peace', Shadow Parliamentary Secretary for the En...

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Hunt-Birmingham - Revised Carbon Tax Modelling Worthless

Updated Treasury modelling on the Carbon Tax is worthless. The revised modelling, released only minutes before today’s Join Select Co...

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Carbon tax shotgun inquiry begins in the dark

The Gillard Government's refusal to release updated modelling on its carbon tax will today see a farcical first hearing of the Labor-Greens do...

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Carbon tax inquiry – from the ridiculous to the more ridiculous

The Labor-Greens dominated shotgun inquiry into Julia Gillard's carbon tax legislation is descending from farce into high farce, Shadow Parlia...

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Carbon tax – release the modelling

The Gillard Government must release in full its updated carbon tax modelling, and do so well before Treasury's appearance before a Parliamenta...

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Only 3 more days to lodge carbon tax submissions

Australians only have until this Thursday 22 September to make submissions to the shotgun parliamentary inquiry into Julia Gillard’s carbon ta...

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Just 6 days to lodge carbon tax submissions

Australians have less than a week to make submissions on Julia Gillard’s carbon tax that she explicitly promised to never introduce. ...

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Carbon tax inquiry a Labor farce from day one

Today, the parliamentary inquiry into Labor’s carbon tax legislation met for the first time. The desire of the Labor-Green-Independen...

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NWC report a strong call to arms for action

The National Water Commission today released its third biennial assessment of the National Water Initiative and water reform in Australia. &#...

Senator Simon Birmingham

Liberal Senator for South Australia

Shadow Parliamentary Secretary for the Murray-Darling Basin

Shadow Parliamentary Secretary for the Environment

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Entries for September 2011

Lower GDP and lower wages – all okay by Australia's unions

Pressure pays off – ABC commits to SANFL coverage

Carbon tax – 'speak now or forever hold your peace' – almost!

Hunt-Birmingham - Revised Carbon Tax Modelling Worthless

Carbon tax shotgun inquiry begins in the dark

Carbon tax inquiry – from the ridiculous to the more ridiculous

Carbon tax – release the modelling

Only 3 more days to lodge carbon tax submissions

Just 6 days to lodge carbon tax submissions

Carbon tax inquiry a Labor farce from day one

NWC report a strong call to arms for action