‘Carbon Cop’ has more councils in its sights

Ratepayers in more than 100 council areas around Australia stand to suffer yet another hit from the carbon tax, Shadow Parliamentary Secretary...

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Digital TV switchover to cost regional SA businesses thousands

The switchover to digital TV in regional South Australia will cost many hotels, motels and caravan parks thousands of dollars in areas where t...

20

Labor Desal grant evaporates

“Julia Gillard must today reveal why the Federal Labor Government’s smoke and mirrors funding con will leave South Australians paying higher w...

20

Abuse of taxpayer $ to sell the carbon tax – Phase 2 on the way

The Gillard Government is set to waste millions more of taxpayers’ dollars on a ‘phase 2’ carbon tax advertising campaign assault on the very ...

12

Water waste more likely under Carbon Tax

Labor’s carbon tax will be a disincentive for efficient irrigation water use and penalise some of Australia’s most efficient water users, Coal...

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Burke’s Basin Plan hypocrisy exposed

The ABC’s reports today that Water Minister Tony Burke won’t support a bad Murray-Darling Basin Plan expose his hypocrisy and political game p...

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Joyce-Birmingham - People in the Murray-Darling need to be heard, not ignored

Tony Burke’s call for the Coalition to decide on the draft Murray-Darling Basin Plan treats the notion of consultation with contempt, the Coal...

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Canberra’s $190 power price hike an example of what all Australians face under Labor’s carbon tax

A $190 hike in electricity prices is only the first such hit Canberra households will face under the carbon price and is an example of what al...

04

Government can make savings start by axing carbon tax ads

The Gillard Government should not waste one more cent on trying to sell to taxpayers its unpopular carbon tax, Acting Shadow Minister for Clim...

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Don’t believe the hype – the carbon tax bureaucracy is growing

Australians should beware of smoke and mirror tricks in relation to any suggestions Labor is taking an axe to its Climate Change bureaucracy, ...

03

Government slammed over $223m Australia Network tender

The Auditor-General’s report into the conduct of the Australia Network tender is a damning indictment of the handling of this tender by both P...

03

Carbon tax to hit environment

Labor’s carbon tax is perversely about to make it harder to help the environment, Acting Shadow Minister for Climate Action, Environment and H...

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Murray plan questions Authority should answer today in Adelaide

Unanswered questions on the future of the River Murray should be addressed at a Basin Plan public meeting in Adelaide today, Coalition Murray-...

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Government must end the drama & release Basin legal advice

The Government must act to restore confidence in the Murray-Darling Basin reform process and release all legal advice relating to the consiste...

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SA short-changed by dodgy NBN figures

“South Australians are being taken for fools by a Labor Government who thinks dodgy figures and implied promises will make up for their failur...

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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‘Carbon Cop’ has more councils in its sights

Digital TV switchover to cost regional SA businesses thousands

Labor Desal grant evaporates

Abuse of taxpayer $ to sell the carbon tax – Phase 2 on the way

Water waste more likely under Carbon Tax

Burke’s Basin Plan hypocrisy exposed

Joyce-Birmingham - People in the Murray-Darling need to be heard, not ignored

Canberra’s $190 power price hike an example of what all Australians face under Labor’s carbon tax

Government can make savings start by axing carbon tax ads

Don’t believe the hype – the carbon tax bureaucracy is growing

Government slammed over $223m Australia Network tender

Carbon tax to hit environment

Murray plan questions Authority should answer today in Adelaide

Government must end the drama & release Basin legal advice

SA short-changed by dodgy NBN figures