Senator Simon Birmingham is urging South Australian Age Pensioners subjected to the Rudd Government’s onerous Work Bonus reporting requirements to contact him with details of any difficulties experienced. Under new arrangements, any age pensioners earning an income are required to report fortnightly or face receiving a ‘nil payment’. “People who reach Age…
Senator Simon Birmingham and the Member for Grey, Rowan Ramsey, have met with Southern Cross Broadcasting executives to discuss television coverage issues facing South Australia’s north and west. These included services to areas of South Australia’s west coast outside the Spencer Gulf TV1 licence area, but more broadly the opportunities and concerns…
Federal Water Minister Penny Wong has left South Australia out in the cold with her appointment of seven new members of the National Water Commission according to Liberal Senator Simon Birmingham. Minister Wong announced the new appointments on Friday afternoon, electing to appoint a Canberra based chair, two commissioners each from New South…
(Byner: Simon Birmingham … what do you make of this? …) … I’ve been approached by numerous irrigators, water brokers and others … there are numerous problems, many of which you’ve already highlighted here … firstly for those irrigators, those farming families in South Australia’s Riverland who have been treated so unfairly, this is…
Senator Simon Birmingham today expressed astonishment at revelations the Rudd Government has not spent a cent on on-farm irrigation projects in the past 12 months. “It is appalling to think that while irrigators and others cry for immediate assistance for a desperate Murray-Darling Basin, the Rudd Government has been sitting on its hands…
Former anti-nuclear campaigner Peter Garrett’s approval of a new uranium mine in South Australia highlights the need to address the Rudd Government’s mixed messages on uranium, Senator Simon Birmingham said today. “Mr Garrett’s approval of the Four Mile uranium mine today further increases Australia’s significant stake as one of the world’s leading uranium…
Senator Simon Birmingham has today urged the Rudd Government to rule out closure of one of Australia’s most iconic tourism experiences. His call follows release today by the Director of National Parks of a draft UluruKata Tjuta National Park Management Plan, canvassing closure of the Uluru climb. “Climbing Ayers Rock, or Uluru,…
(Byner: One issue that’s been talked about a lot in this community is healthcare, the possibility of building a new hospital … I’ve always taken the view that it’s not just about one hospital … it’s about the whole system which is very much overcrowded, there’s no question about that and the health outcomes…
Labor MP Steve Georganas has failed to deliver on tightening Adelaide Airport’s curfew, Senator Simon Birmingham said today. In response to calls from the South Australian Freight Council for a review of the 11pm-to-6am curfew, Mr Georganas last year undertook instead to seek an even tighter curfew. “I would like to thank…
The Rudd Government and the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) must assure Australians that popular children’s television characters B1 and B2 are not about to become cheap cartoon imports, Senator Simon Birmingham said today. It follows reports the ABC is considering retiring all episodes of Bananas in Pyjamas for a one-off payment to enable…