JASON 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…
DetailsLess than two months into Labor’s carbon tax, the Gillard Government has announced a major backflip and redesign that only adds to the uncertainty and confusion surrounding its hugely expensive dud policy. The Government’s scramble to sort out international deals and abandon altogether its floor price confirms a carbon tax in chaos, Acting…
DetailsSIMON BIRMINGHAM: BHP Billiton’s indefinite deferral of the Olympic Dam project is potentially the most devastating blow to business confidence in South Australia since the State Bank disaster of the 1990s and this is a blow that potentially could have been avoided. Just a couple of months ago, BHP CEO Marius Kloppers was citing…
DetailsReports today that Water Minister Tony Burke and Finance Minister Senator Wong have attacked those playing politics with the Murray-Darling Basin Plan provide a sharp rebuke of South Australian Labor Premier Jay Weatherill. Water Minister Tony Burke has warned that any MPs who vote against his plan for the Murray-Darling Basin will be…
DetailsLYNDAL CURTIS: It’s the second anniversary of the 2010 federal election. Although Australia then had to wait 17 days and for a 17-minute speech to find out that the Gillard Government had been returned to power. The Government marked the anniversary with reference to its achievements and the appointment of a new High Court…
DetailsTREVOR SCOTT: … yesterday a little headline in The Advertiser grabbed my attention “New tax hits footy clubs” which… I went ‘hang on, what’s this all about?’ “SANFL clubs may be forced to cut back their community programs because of rising electricity costs.” Now, also yesterday, an email came to me from…
DetailsThreatened cutbacks to community development programs by the SANFL and member footy clubs highlight the real and unwanted impacts of Julia Gillard’s carbon tax, Shadow Parliamentary Secretary for the Environment Simon Birmingham said today. The South Australian National Football League (SANFL) is reportedly facing a $100,000 increase in electricity bills, while member clubs…
DetailsMATTHEW PANTELIS: Now, the SA Liberals have had their AGM on the weekend, during which, of course, Isobel Redmond came under the spotlight on leadership. It came at the end of a tumultuous three weeks, Ms Redmond revealing in that time revealing she considered standing for the Senate, then she left on a long…
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