Burpengary Creek will be one of the first sites to benefit from the Coalition’s 15,000-strong Green Army. Shadow Parliamentary Secretary for the Environment Simon Birmingham today announced that, if elected, a Coalition government would undertake a major riparian repair and boardwalk project along the fringe of creek. The work will involve the…
DetailsKIERAN GILBERT: Let’s go now to… we’ll bring in Liberal frontbencher Senator Simon Birmingham, who joins us from Adelaide. Senator Birmingham, thanks for joining us this Saturday evening. I want to ask you first of all… your reaction to the opinion polls today… you’ve got to be encouraged by them the Galaxy and…
DetailsKEITH CONLON: … a local Member, a local Labor Member in South Australia, is in the news and he has been accused of a lie that doesn’t get much bigger that’s what Liberal Senator Simon Birmingham says about a claim Nick Champion makes about Holden [GM Holden Ltd]. JANE REILLY: And Nick…
DetailsKIERAN GILBERT: Joining me now from Brisbane, Liberal frontbencher Senator Simon Birmingham and, in Adelaide, Labor frontbencher Amanda Rishworth. Amanda Rishworth, first to you on this likely rate cut later today. It is going to take the rates… official cash rate to well below what was previously described as emergency levels by the Gillard/Rudd…
DetailsKevin Rudd is already reaping more in carbon tax receipts this year than was forecast under Julia Gillard and, if re-elected, by 2016-17 would again be reaping even more again. Buried in the detail of yesterday’s Economic Statement* is that: · Kevin Rudd is now estimating $6.435 billion in carbon tax receipts…
DetailsTOM 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…
DetailsKIERAN 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…
DetailsPETER 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…
DetailsStaffing 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…
DetailsSIMON 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…
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