CAMERON WILSON: There’s still no date on when the new Federal Parliament will sit but behind the scenes there’s a lot going on amongst irrigators in the Murray-Darling Basin. That’s because parts of the Murray River were listed as critically endangered by the Labor Government just days before the election was called. Irrigators oppose the…
The Australian Government today congratulated Riverina Water County Council for winning the Green Globe Award for Water Efficiency for its Urban Nature Strip Lawn Replacement Rebate Scheme. Riverina Water County Council supplies water to the four local government areas of the Wagga Wagga City Council and the Lockhart, Urana and Greater Hume Shire Councils.…
Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for the Environment Simon Birmingham has congratulated the Glenelg River project on winning the 2013 Australian Riverprize. Senator Birmingham presented the prize to the Glenelg Hopkins Catchment Management Authority at the 16th International Riversymposium in Brisbane. “In undertaking this project farming families in the Glenelg River Basin, south…
LYNDAL CURTIS: Joining us today for our political panel is South Australian Senator Simon Birmingham from the Liberal Party and, from Perth, Labor Senator Louise Pratt. Welcome to you both. SIMON BIRMINGHAM: Good afternoon, Lyndal. LOUISE PRATT: Good afternoon. LYNDAL CURTIS: Now, Simon, we’ll start with you because you will be…
TREVOR SCOTT: Chris de Burgh with that advice that he’s been giving to viewers for a long time Don’t Pay the Ferryman. We heard earlier River of Dreams from Billy Joel and it’s a bit of a water theme, really, isn’t it, as we get a little bit closer to the 9 o’clock…
KIERAN GILBERT: One Liberal Senator has described Tony Abbott’s new Cabinet as shocking and an embarrassment over the fact that there’s only one woman in Tony Abbott’s inner circle. The Australian of the Year, Ita Buttrose, says it’s proof that the glass ceiling is still well and truly in effect in Australia. Coming up…
I look forward to serving as Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for the Environment in the new Coalition Government and am delighted to be taking on particular responsibilities for water. Implementation of the Murray-Darling Basin Plan in a way that delivers for the environment while preserving the status of the Murray-Darling as Australia’s major…
KEITH CONLON: … now to a story late in the election, just before you get to vote, as we saw the costings come out with Shadow Treasurer Joe Hockey yesterday, there’s been a change to the way the buyback on the Murray is going to happen. Is it a storm in a billabong or…
SPENCE DENNY: … there is a lot of interest in the outcome of the vote for the Senate. Much of the Coalition’s policy really does hinge on control of the Upper House and, wow, it is quite an extraordinary situation that there are so many candidates this year that the Electoral Commission is actually…
Labor’s desperate campaign of lies has now turned to the Murray-Darling Basin. Nothing could be further from the truth than hysterical Labor claims that the Basin Plan has been “trashed today”. If elected, the Coalition will deliver every drop of water required to implement the Basin Plan on time, by 2019. This is…