Labor’s promise that more than 50 per cent of carbon tax revenue will go to households has been exposed as yet another carbon tax hoax, Shadow Parliamentary Secretary for the Environment Simon Birmingham said today. It is now clear Labor is counting fuel tax offsets in its commitment to spend more than half…
The credibility of the Gillard Government’s promise to deliver a budget surplus in 2012-13 has been undermined by the refusal of its Finance Minister to guarantee the carbon tax won’t erode it or wipe it out altogether, Shadow Parliamentary Secretary Simon Birmingham said today. The Government has previously stated the impact of the…
SIMON BIRMINGHAM: The Labor Government is now throwing good taxpayer money after bad. It’s learnt nothing from the home insulation debacle. It’s now at a situation where they’re letting the same people involved in the home insulation debacle run solar programs, run set top box programs. This is a case of utter madness. You have the Government that…
The removal of regulators in the Goolwa Channel in the lower reaches of the River Murray has long been overdue, Coalition Murray-Darling Basin spokesman Simon Birmingham said today. It follows today’s announcement of $9 million in federal funding for their removal. “These regulators were supposed to have softened the impact of drought…
Senator Joyce and Senator Birmingham called on the Government to refocus its efforts on the Murray-Darling following the resignation of Rob Freeman, CEO of the Murray-Darling Basin Authority. “We all know that the Government has completely mishandled this process from day one,” said Senator Joyce today. “It is extremely distressing for all…
The Gillard Government’s Leader in the Senate has today refused to confirm its commitment to budget neutrality for its planned carbon tax, Shadow Parliamentary Secretary for the Environment Simon Birmingham said today. “The Government’s shelved ‘Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme’ (CPRS) was forecast to run at an annual deficit of up to $1.6 billion[1],”…
KIM LANDERS: The Chief Executive of the Murray-Darling Basin Authority, Rob Freeman, has resigned. Mr Freeman will finish up in the role on the 1st of June. He’ll be replaced by Rhondda Dickson from the federal Agriculture department. The Basin Authority has been under fire since it released a plan recommending large cuts to water allocations along the…
SONYA FELDHOFF: Today a big day for South Australian regional hospitals as the spotlight in Canberra was shone on those hospitals in the Upper House. Now, will this mean a lifeline for those hospitals? Simon Birmingham … SIMON BIRMINGHAM: Good afternoon, Sonya, and good afternoon, listeners. SONYA FELDHOFF: … you and the…
ANNETTE MARNER: You’re with ABC Local Radio all around South Australia and the west of New South Wales. Well, we heard earlier today from the office of the Liberal Senator for South Australia Simon Birmingham that a motion had been put to the Senate really calling on the Government to reduce the National Healthcare payment……
LEON BYNER: Now, there’s been a lot of discussion, as you know, about hospitals like Moonta community hospitals, the one at Keith… the State Government are adamant that these are private hospitals and so ‘why should taxpayers’ money be used to help private hospitals when they should be able to run their own businesses?’ Then…