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Monthly Archives: January 2012

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Taxpayers fork out millions for ‘Pink Batts’ inspector flights

Media ReleasesBy Senator Simon Birmingham31 January, 2012

  Taxpayers are footing a multi-million dollar travel bill as part of Labor’s clean up of its disastrous $2.5 billion Home Insulation Program or ‘Pink Batts’ scheme, linked to at least four deaths and more than 200 house fires.   The Gillard Government has revealed and detailed more than $3.4 million in travel costs for…

Collapsed deal – but diverted Murray funds flow

Media ReleasesBy Senator Simon Birmingham19 January, 2012

  Money earmarked for returning water to the Murray-Darling Basin has started flowing towards an unrelated project offering no such benefit, Coalition Basin spokesman Simon Birmingham said today.   In response to questions from Senator Birmingham through Senate Estimates, the Gillard Government has confirmed[1] it has begun handing over $20 million to the New South…

The Drum, ABC1 and ABC News 24 – Industry assistance

Interview TranscriptsBy Senator Simon Birmingham18 January, 2012

  STEVE CANNANE: Our panel tonight: Miriam Lyons from the Centre for Policy Development, Marius Benson from ABC NewsRadio, and economist and contributing editor to The Australian newspaper Judith Sloan.   …   STEVE CANNANE: Well, the future of Australia’s car industry has become the latest battleground for Labor and the Coalition. The Opposition has…

The World Today, ABC Radio – Industry assistance

Interview TranscriptsBy Senator Simon Birmingham17 January, 2012

  ELEANOR HALL: Let’s go now to the debate inside the federal Coalition about whether it should maintain the hefty Government subsidies to the car industry in Australia.   The Federal Government says that every country that makes cars props up its local industry, and it’s accusing the Opposition of putting auto industry jobs at…

Taxpayers foot bill for carbon tax bureaucracy

Media ReleasesBy Senator Simon Birmingham13 January, 2012

  Australian taxpayers are wearing a double hit from the carbon tax thanks to the high spending bureaucracy administering it, according to Shadow Parliamentary Secretary for the Environment Simon Birmingham.   It follows revelations of Departmental staff and office arrangements in answers* to questions asked by Senator Birmingham through Senate Estimates.   “Not only will…

AM Agenda, Sky News Australia – Border security, immigration, industry assistance

Interview TranscriptsBy Senator Simon Birmingham11 January, 2012

  DAVID LIPSON: … first, to political matters much closer to home, I want to go straight to our political panel today. The Shadow Parliamentary Secretary, Simon Birmingham, joins us from Adelaide and, here in Canberra, Labor MP Andrew Leigh. Good morning to both of you gentlemen and happy new year.   ANDREW LEIGH: Morning,…

Carbon tax black hole looms for budget or households

Media ReleasesBy Senator Simon Birmingham4 January, 2012

  Australians face a growing black hole – to either the federal budget or household budgets – that is being kept secret by Labor’s refusal to thoroughly model the impact of its carbon tax, according to the Acting Shadow Minister for Climate Action, Senator Simon Birmingham.   Answers to Senate Estimates questions on notice confirm…

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