South Australia is being left behind all other states on the rollout of Labor’s hapless National Broadband Network (NBN), Senator Simon Birmingham said today. NBN Co the Government owned company charged with delivering the NBN today released its rollout schedule confirming there is no NBN construction currently underway in South Australia…
The Murray-Darling Basin Authority (MDBA) appears reluctant to appreciate the importance of robust science underpinning its plans for reduced water use across the Basin, Coalition Basin spokesman Simon Birmingham said today. It follows confirmation in Senate Estimates today, under questioning from Senator Birmingham, that there is no scientific basis for the Authority’s split…
The Gillard Government is handing over $20 million to the New South Wales Government for a water project despite the collapse of the agreement under which it was committed. Federal departmental officials confirmed in Senate Estimates today, under questioning from Coalition Murray-Darling Basin spokesman Simon Birmingham, that funding for a pipeline between Orange…
PAUL MURRAY: … in the Senate Estimates committee. Under the spotlight at that stage was the amount of money that the Federal Government has been spending advertising its carbon tax package. Senator Simon Birmingham was in those Senate Estimates yesterday. What we found out was that the Government has actually blown the budget on…
ANDREW REIMER: You heard just a moment ago, on the News Hour, that construction work is about to begin on the infrastructure for the next stage of the rollout of the high speed National Broadband Network. The company undertaking the work for the Federal Government, NBN Co, released a 12-month plan today listing the…