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Daily Archives: 8 February, 2012

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Memo to Jay: the Federal Government is a Labor Government

Media ReleasesBy Senator Simon Birmingham8 February, 2012

  Jay Weatherill’s fascination of where the federal Coalition stands on the proposed Murray-Darling Basin Plan ignores one simple and salient fact – Labor occupies the Federal Government benches, not the Coalition.   Julia Gillard is the Prime Minister. Tony Burke is the Water Minister. South Australian Labor MPs Penny Wong and Mark Butler sit in the…

Wong warns Weatherill on water – wise and welcome

Media ReleasesBy Senator Simon Birmingham8 February, 2012

  Former federal Water Minister Penny Wong’s warning today to South Australian Premier Jay Weatherill over Murray-Darling Basin reform has been welcomed by the Coalition’s Basin spokesman, Simon Birmingham.   Asked about Mr Weatherill’s threats of a High Court challenge to a final Basin Plan, Senator Wong delivered a clear warning to Mr Weatherill and…

Senate remembers contribution of late Senator

Media ReleasesBy Senator Simon Birmingham8 February, 2012

  The Senate has today paid tribute to the late Senator Jeannie Ferris and urged all Australians to support this month’s Ovarian Cancer Awareness Month.   A motion* from South Australian Coalition Senators and the Shadow Parliamentary Secretary for the Status of Women, passed unanimously by the Senate this afternoon, highlights Ms Ferris’s work in…

Hack, Triple J – The year ahead, Murray-Darling Basin reform, Labor’s mining tax, border security

Interview TranscriptsBy Senator Simon Birmingham8 February, 2012

  TOM TILLEY: Now, first to Canberra and you’ve probably been back at work for quite a few weeks already since your Christmas break but for our politicians today is their first day back in Federal Parliament and our reporter John Barrington has been walking and stalking the halls of power, finding out which issues…

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