LEON BYNER: … do you remember yesterday we spoke to [South Australian Attorney-General] John Rau and John said look we’re going to deliver quickly on two promises we made and that’s a credit to the Government, first one … you remember during the election campaign [then South Australian Attorney-General] Michael Atkinson wanted bloggers on the…
Details… CELINA EDMONDS: Senator Birmingham, you have to admit that we are going to hear that line, ‘phoney Tony’ a lot now? It does seem that ‘straight shooting Tony Abbott’ may have shot himself in the foot on this one. SIMON BIRMINGHAM: Celina, Tony’s only sin last night was to give a direct…
DetailsThe Rudd Government has given Australians further reason to question whether it believes in anything by axing a promised rewards card it never managed to deliver under its bungled Green Loans program, Shadow Parliamentary Secretary for Climate Action Simon Birmingham said today. “The cancellation of the mythical $50 Green Rewards Card represents a…
DetailsThe Senate has today insisted on the release of review findings into the Rudd Government’s bungled Green Loans program that have been kept secret for weeks. Parliamentary Secretary for Climate Action Simon Birmingham has welcomed the Senate’s decision to support his motion*, moved on behalf of the Coalition, for the tabling of independent…
DetailsThe Senate has today insisted on the release of correspondence to the Prime Minister about the Rudd Government’s disastrous Home Insulation Program that has been kept secret for months. Parliamentary Secretary for Climate Action Simon Birmingham has welcomed the Senate’s decision to support his motions*, moved on behalf of the Coalition, for the…
DetailsDamning new information on the Rudd Government’s disastrous home insulation program shows the Government was ignoring its own warnings, including of possible deaths, Shadow Parliamentary Secretary for Climate Action Simon Birmingham said today. The bungled $2.5 billion scheme left an estimated 240,000 homes with dangerous or sub-standard insulation and has been linked with…
DetailsThe release of review findings into the Rudd Government’s bungled Green Loans program will be pursued by the Coalition in Parliament this week*, Shadow Parliamentary Secretary for Climate Action Simon Birmingham said today. The failed Green Loans program has left 100,000 Australians unable to access the promised loans, and thousands of assessors out…
DetailsWater from the New South Wales and Queensland floods will be wasted as result of Kevin Rudd’s failure to deliver promised infrastructure works to the Menindee Lakes, Coalition Murray Darling Basin spokesman Senator Simon Birmingham said today.? “Estimates in Labor’s own 2007 election policy document indicate that 200 billion litres could be saved…
DetailsThe Rudd Government can find nearly $50 million in budget savings by coming clean on its $50 Green Loans fib. As well as leaving 100,000 Australians unable to access the promised loans, and thousands of assessors out of work, the bungled Green Loans program has involved a further broken promise in the form…
DetailsFrustration at the Rudd Government’s apparent contempt for accountability has prompted Senator Simon Birmingham to ask what more can be done to ensure Senate Estimates questions are answered in a more timely manner. Senator Birmingham has written to the Chair of the Senate’s Procedures Committee, Senator Alan Ferguson, to ask that the committee…
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