Parliamentary Service Amendment (Parliamentary Budget Officer) Bill 2011

Senator BIRMINGHAM: (12:05): As always, it is a pleasure to follow Senator Bushby, who makes arguments in this place that are well considered, well constructed and really do highlight very sensible points of concern about legislation that comes before this chamber. It is disappointing that in this debate on the Parliamentary Service Amendment (Parliamentary Budget…

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Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Amendment (Bioregional Plans) Bill 2011 2nd Reading

Senator BIRMINGHAM: (11:29): It is good to follow Senator Back, who is very knowledgeable in these areas and has highlighted particularly some of the local concerns about the impact of the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Amendment (Bioregional Plans) Bill 2011 and of the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act, which Senator Colbeck is seeking…

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AM Agenda, Sky News Australia – Cabinet reshuffle, economy, border security, same-sex marriage, Senator Wong’s family

  KIERAN GILBERT: With me now, I’ve got Labor frontbencher Senator Kate Lundy and Liberal frontbencher Senator Simon Birmingham. Good morning to you both.   KATE LUNDY: Good morning.   SIMON BIRMINGHAM: Good morning, Kieran, Kate.   KIERAN GILBERT: I want to ask you, first of all, Senator Lundy… I want to ask, you first…

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Embarrassing Labor ‘no show’ for Basin Plan meeting

  Labor and the Greens have today again shown they’re not serious about listening to Murray-Darling Basin communities about the proposed Basin Plan, Coalition Basin spokesman Simon Birmingham said today.   Senator Birmingham today attended today’s Murray-Darling Basin Authority public meeting in Murray Bridge, as did fellow federal Liberal MPs Patrick Secker, Jamie Briggs and…

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Capital Hill, ABC News 24 – Labor Party National Conference, same-sex marriage, border security

  LYNDAL CURTIS: Hello and welcome to Capital Hill. I’m Lyndal Curtis. If nothing else, the weekend’s Labor Party conference showed that the art of the impassioned speech is not dead, even though it’s rarely seen in the Parliament. The conference endorsed same-sex marriage and a conscience vote on the same. It also endorsed offshore…

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AM Agenda, Sky News Australia – Same-sex marriage, polls, Labor Party National Conference, Julia Gillard’s carbon tax, cost of living, Labor tensions

  KIERAN GILBERT: With me now, Labor MP Andrew Leigh in the Canberra studio… Morning, Andrew…   ANDREW LEIGH: Morning, Kieran.   KIERAN GILBERT: … and from Adelaide we have Liberal Senator… Senator Simon Birmingham. Senator, thanks for your time.   SIMON BIRMINGHAM: Good morning, Kieran. Morning, Andrew.   KIERAN GILBERT: I want to ask…

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