Liberal Senator Simon Birmingham is urging South Australians to photograph their favourite river location as part of a competition coinciding with World Rivers Day this month. Senator Birmingham, the Coalition’s spokesman on the Murray-Darling Basin, is proudly supporting the “Rivers Matter” initiative, created by Australian not-for-profit group the International RiverFoundation. People are…
DetailsLYNDAL CURTIS: The Federal Opposition Leader outlined some of his plans for defence should he win the next election. There are some concrete plans, such as buying unmanned aircraft to patrol northern Australia, but there are also some aspirations or decisions yet to be taken. The Federal Government has announced some plans of its…
DetailsJAMES CARLETON: Nationals Senator Barnaby Joyce has been ‘slapped down’ twice this week for his comments on the pending sale of Cubbie Station, in south-east Queensland, to Chinese interests. First up was the Opposition Treasury spokesman, Joe Hockey, and then yesterday former Foreign Minister Alexander Downer joined in. Now Barnaby Joyce’s junior colleague, the…
DetailsDecisions made in the European Union will now have a direct impact on the rate of Australia’s carbon tax, as a result of the linkage announced by the Gillard Government this week. Business and economic leaders have today confirmed that the linkage means decisions made in Europe will impact how much more households…
DetailsAustralians should brace for a higher carbon tax and higher electricity prices following comments from Greens Leader Christine Milne, Acting Shadow Minister for Climate Action, Environment and Heritage Simon Birmingham said today. Senator Milne yesterday flagged a significantly higher carbon tax in the near future following the Government’s announcement of European linkage with…
DetailsNICK GRIMM: Australia and the European Union will be linked in what will become the world’s largest carbon market under a deal announced by Climate Change Minister Greg Combet today. Mr Combet said Australia was ditching its earlier plans to impose a floor price on carbon when the current fixed price carbon tax moves…
DetailsSTEVE PRICE: Listening to that interview with Greg Combet is the acting Environment spokesman for the Coalition, Simon Birmingham Greg Hunt is on location in East Timor. Simon, thanks for your time. SIMON BIRMINGHAM: Good evening, Steve. Good evening to your listeners. STEVE PRICE: A $29 price where we’re going to…
DetailsJASON MORRISON: Look, I’m going to spare you the jargon in trying to explain this because jargon is how the political class nowadays confuse you into thinking they’re doing something good for you. Essentially, yesterday the Federal Government decided to ditch part of its carbon tax policy and that was as far as they…
DetailsKEITH CONLON: Well, it might be complicated but there’s been a big movement in the way in which a carbon tax and a carbon floor price and so on is going to happen in Australia. Greg Combet, the Minister involved on the Labor side federally, will be talking to Matthew [Pantelis] and to Kevin…
DetailsDAVID LIPSON: Welcome back and welcome, also, to Labor MP Rob Mitchell and Liberal Senator Simon Birmingham. Thanks for your time today, gentlemen. SIMON BIRMINGHAM: Good afternoon, David. ROB MITCHELL: Good afternoon, David. DAVID LIPSON: First to you, Senator. I want to ask you about this dental scheme $4.1 billion…
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