DAVID BEVAN: Simon Birmingham is your Shadow, he’s the Shadow Parliamentary Secretary for the Murray Darling Basin. Good morning, Simon Birmingham … SIMON BIRMINGHAM: Good morning David, Matt, Don, congratulations on the appointment. There’s just one thing I want to raise guys… DON FARRELL: Thank you, Simon. SIMON BIRMINGHAM: … just one…
Murray Darling inflows are welcome, but should not lull the Gillard Government into complacency over the need for reform in the Basin, Coalition Murray Darling Basin spokesman Simon Birmingham said today. The Murray-Darling Basin Authority’s River Murray Weekly Report issued today confirms that Despite major flooding in some Victorian tributaries, impacts in the…
CHRIS UHLMANN: … Simon Birmingham, of course you are the Shadow Parliamentary Secretary for the Murray Darling and must be delighted by the rain, are you going to claim any credit for that? SIMON BIRMINGHAM: I won’t quite claim the biblical credit for it raining, Chris, but it’s great to see some water…
MATTHEW ABRAHAM: Simon Birmingham is a Liberal Senator. Simon Birmingham, good morning… ah, good afternoon, Simon. SIMON BIRMINGHAM: Habits die hard, Matthew. Good afternoon to you two and the listeners. MATTHEW ABRAHAM: Senator Simon Birmingham, what’s your… do you feel shattered? SIMON BIRMINGHAM: Look, it’s obviously disappointing and… to come so close, to win 600,000 more primary…
ASHLEIGH GILLON: Simon Birmingham, have you lost all hope that this mining tax could disappear or do you think that there could be movement there? SIMON BIRMINGHAM: Well Ashleigh, look, I think there are several points to make in relation to the mining tax and this debate today. Firstly, here we are less than…
ALI MOORE: The Opposition’s Parliamentary Secretary for the Murray Darling Basin is Senator Simon Birmingham. He joins myself and Political Editor Chris Uhlmann from the ABC’s Adelaide bureau. Simon Birmingham, welcome to the program. SIMON BIRMINGHAM: Thanks Ali… good afternoon… good afternoon Chris. ALI MOORE: You’ve committed to implementing the Murray-Darling Basin Authority Plan,…
DAVID SPEERS: Let’s go to Adelaide and the Liberal camp there, the Isobel Redmond camp tonight, and Liberal Senator Simon Birmingham joins us now. Senator, thanks for your time. What are you hearing so far there tonight? We haven’t seen any real results through but the exit polls are somewhat encouraging for the Liberals? SIMON…
DAVID SPEERS: … let’s go from the Labor camp to the Liberal camp in Adelaide and Liberal Senator Simon Birmingham. Simon, we are seeing big swings in some seats but not in all and indeed in a couple of very marginal Labor seats… Light, we were looking at just earlier, it looks like a swing…
DAVID BEVAN: Simon Birmingham is a Liberal Senator for South Australia and he’s been involved in the campaign, obviously, but not just to try and get… well I’m not too sure he was standing but he was acting as something of a campaign manager for the Liberals, I think the candidate for Hindmarsh… …
TONY PILKINGTON: The Prime Minister expected to make an announcement today whereby a major commitment of buying back all of the water required to save our River Murray … Simon Birmingham … KEITH CONLON: …you rang and obviously you know the Prime Minister’s coming in? SIMON BIRMINGHAM: Look, certainly do … very…