SENATOR BIRMINGHAM: (South Australia) (17:09): I rise to speak on the Broadcasting Legislation Amendment (Digital Dividend and Other Measures) Bill 2011. This bill has two main components, one being to effect a reorganisation of digital television channels to realise what is commonly referred to as the ‘digital dividend’, and the second being to deal with…
Last night’s budget confirms that the Government’s commitment to real change in the Murray-Darling Basin is lukewarm at best said Senator Barnaby Joyce and Senator Simon Birmingham today. “It’s now almost 3 years since Labor launched its Water for the Future reform. Since then its record has been nothing but delay and disaster. “Last…
GEOFF MULLINS: A prediction this afternoon that petrol prices will go through the roof because of the carbon tax. I see today federal Government climate adviser Ross Garnaut says he’ll release additional papers at the end of the month detailing how much money is expected to be raised by Labor’s carbon tax. The Professor has announced…
Labor is making so many promises about its carbon tax that there is almost no alternative but for petrol prices to skyrocket, Shadow Parliamentary Secretary for the Environment Simon Birmingham said today. It follows commitments made about the carbon tax, including assistance based on Labor’s shelved 2009 ‘Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme’ (CPRS) package.…
The Gillard Government is doing its best to divert attention from parliamentary scrutiny of its carbon tax plans, Shadow Parliamentary Secretary for the Environment Simon Birmingham said today. The Government’s Climate Commission has scheduled a public forum at Parliament House in Canberra on Tuesday 24 May* coinciding with a Senate Budget Estimates hearing…
SIMON BIRMINGHAM: Under Labor’s carbon tax prices will go up and they will keep going up. We will see a situation where the price of everyday household goods bread, butter, cheese, Vegemite will all go up. We will see a situation where the price of Tiny Teddys will be hit by the…
The Coalition’s Dams and Water Management Task Group today completed a two-day visit to the Gulf catchment in North Queensland. Task group members Barnaby Joyce, Ian Macdonald and Simon Birmingham inspected potential sites on the Flinders and Gilbert rivers. “Water is wealth and if we want to grow some of the disparate…
TONY ABBOTT: It’s good to be here at OneSteel here in Whyalla with Simon Birmingham, the Senator for South Australia. This is a very important industrial plant for Whyalla, for South Australia and for our whole country. It’s along with the BlueScope plant at Port Kembla the largest steel making facility in Australia…
LUKE GRANT: Simon Birmingham is a Senator from South Australia. He’s also the Shadow Parliamentary Secretary for the Environment and he joins me on the line. Evening, Senator. SIMON BIRMINGHAM: Good evening, Luke. Good evening, listeners. LUKE GRANT: Appreciate your time very much indeed. A lot coming out of this today but clearly the wastage is one issue…
NAOMI WOODLEY: … the Opposition’s spokesman, Simon Birmingham, says that [the conclusion of inspections] will leave many homeowners with unanswered questions. SIMON BIRMINGHAM: We’re talking about one million homes that will be uninspected at the end of this process. We know from the 150,000 that will have been inspected that basically one in four…