TOM CONNELL: Well, we still don’t know when the election is going to be held. It appears as though August 31 is off the table but we do know it’s close and in times past that usually meant a sweetener or two for voters. This time around, though, they’ll be asked to take on…
KIERAN GILBERT: … joining me now from Adelaide, Liberal frontbencher Senator Simon Birmingham and, in the Sky News Centre, Labor MP Michelle Rowland. Michelle Rowland, you heard a bit of the criticism there from Christopher Pyne. He says this deal is not worth the paper it’s written on, essentially; that women and children will…
PETER VAN ONSELEN: Let’s bring Liberal Senator Simon Birmingham in. He was scheduled to join us on this episode of Contrarians. He joins us now. Welcome to the program. SIMON BIRMINGHAM: G’day, Peter and panel. PETER VAN ONSELEN: You guys are stuffed, aren’t you? SIMON BIRMINGHAM: Not at all, Peter, and…
Staffing at the Rudd/Gillard Government’s Climate Change department reflect Labor’s chaos and dysfunction over climate policies, Shadow Parliamentary Secretary for the Environment Simon Birmingham said today. Questioning through Senate Estimates has revealed* that: · at least 190 left the Department of Climate Change and Energy Efficiency prior to its abolition in March, with…
SIMON BIRMINGHAM: Thanks very much for coming along today. It’s a pleasure to be here with my colleague Senator Mathias Cormann, the Shadow Assistant Treasurer, Tom Zorich, the Liberal candidate for Wakefield, and with John Chapman, the chief executive of the Motor Trade Association of South Australia. We are very concerned at Labor’s…
SANDY ALOISI: The Prime Minister will today outline plans for spending cuts to cover revenue lost by Labor’s new carbon abatement plans which will see the carbon tax replaced by a floating price by next July but, even before the release of details of Labor’s plan, Tony Abbott has dismissed all carbon trading schemes,…
LAURA JAYES: … in Kevin Rudd’s first election promise, the Prime Minister has pledged to terminate the carbon tax and move to an emissions trading scheme a year earlier than planned… … LAURA JAYES: … Simon Birmingham, first, your reaction to this announcement, Kevin Rudd moving to an ETS [emissions trading scheme]……
ANDREW GREENE: Julia Gillard’s carbon tax has been terminated. That’s the key message Kevin Rudd was keen to impress today as he confirmed the budget cuts needed to move early to an emissions trading scheme. The Opposition says it’s a con and there’s only temporary relief for families. Ditching the carbon tax leaves asylum…
JASON MORRISON: The NBN boss, Mike Quigley… look, frankly, I’m not surprised at this. For all that’s said, and Quigley’s had his faults, he is a businessman who was asked to run a business… the NBN, a massive business with more money than he’s probably ever seen in his life billions of taxpayer……
(as aired, from longer pre-recorded interview) TOM TILLEY: The Government’s announced its first major election promise since Kevin Rudd’s been back at the helm. They’ll now move to the carbon pricing system much sooner one year sooner than they had planned under Julia Gillard. It’s a move that Labor hopes will neutralise Tony…