Greg Combet and Mark Dreyfus must be congratulated for their foresight in announcing a floods rebuilding savings measure before the floods occurred, Shadow Parliamentary Secretary for the Environment Simon Birmingham said today. It follows Prime Minister Julia Gillard’s inclusion of Green Start’s scrapping as she today announced, or re-announced in this case, measures…
Water Minister Tony Burke’s appointment of former NSW Labor Minister Craig Knowles as the new Murray-Darling Basin Authority (MDBA) Chair is deeply concerning. Minister Burke served in NSW State Parliament with Mr Knowles who held a variety of portfolios in the revolving-door shemozzle that is NSW Labor. The decision to politicise such…
JOSEPH THOMSEN: … the Shadow Parliamentary Secretary for the Murray-Darling Basin, Simon Birmingham, who is in Albury for today only. Simon Birmingham, good morning. SIMON BIRMINGHAM: Good morning, Joseph and listeners. It’s a pleasure to be with you. JOSEPH THOMSEN: Now, you’re going to be focusing today on what exactly? SIMON BIRMINGHAM: I will be…