SIMON BIRMINGHAM: Compare and contrast Labor’s approach to the carbon tax legislation with what the Howard Government did with the GST [Goods and Services Tax]. Firstly, the big difference John Howard took the GST to an election; Julia Gillard has run scared from having the people decide the fate of her carbon tax campaign.…
DetailsSIMON BIRMINGHAM: Labor has at every opportunity taken the chance to raise the hype and expectation surrounding its NBN in South Australia, especially at last year’s federal election where it was a cornerstone of their campaign. What we see now, though, are delays, cost blowouts and uncertainty. While the Coalition believes there is a better way,…
DetailsSenator BIRMINGHAM (South Australia): 23/8/11 (13:43): I was sparked by some of the comments that Senator Farrell made to ask an additional question of him about this mandate that he is claiming for this legislation, legislation that he said was approved by the Australian people at the election held just a touch over a year…
DetailsSenator BIRMINGHAM: (South Australia) (18:22): I move: That the Senate take note of the document. This is a shocking issue that I brought to the attention of the Senate. I was pleased at the time that it passed the Senate without dissent and that condemnation of the decisions of the South Australian Labor government was…
DetailsThe Gillard Government has finally given an answer about how many self funded retirees will be worse off under its carbon tax, but immediately backed away from it, Shadow Parliamentary Secretary for the Environment Simon Birmingham said today. “In an extraordinary interjection during Senate Question Time, in response to a question to Finance…
DetailsCHRIS LEWIS: [Barnaby Joyce, Shadow Minister for Regional Development, Local Government and Water] … does have a sense of humour regarding this new delay for the release of the draft Murray-Darling Basin Plan. He reckons it’s now a race between who comes first Santa or the draft Basin Plan. I mean, this Plan’s been put…
DetailsFor the second week in a row a delay to the release of the proposed Basin Plan has been announced. ?Originally the proposed Basin Plan was to be released in mid-2010. It was then promised that release would occur in early 2011. The promised release date was then pushed back to August 2011.…
DetailsKIERAN GILBERT: With me this morning, now, we’ve got the Parliamentary Secretary for Climate Change, Mark Dreyfus, and from Adelaide the Shadow Parliamentary Secretary for the Environment, Senator Simon Birmingham. Gentlemen, good morning to you both. MARK DREYFUS: Morning, Kieran. Morning, Simon. SIMON BIRMINGHAM: Morning, Kieran. Morning, Mark. KIERAN GILBERT: Fellas, I want to ask you both…
DetailsDAVID BEVAN: Now, people in South Australia have been waiting a long time for the Murray-Darling Basin plan to finally be released and implementation to start but the news today that the plan has been postponed yet again… … MATTHEW ABRAHAM: Simon Birmingham, just quickly, Coalition spokesperson Senator from South Australia on…
DetailsWater Minister Tony Burke has signalled his intention to ignore a key recommendation of a bipartisan parliamentary inquiry on Murray-Darling Basin reform, Coalition Murray-Darling Basin spokesman Simon Birmingham said today. It follows the Murray-Darling Basin Authority today further delaying until at least mid-October the release of its proposed Basin Plan. The parliamentary…
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