ED COWLISHAW: Last week, on the program, South Australian Premier Jay Weatherill and the federal Water minister, Mark Butler, were in the Riverland announcing $265 million dollars for security of the River Murray. Earlier this morning I spoke to Senator Simon Birmingham, the Shadow Parliamentary Secretary for the Murray-Darling Basin, to gain his thoughts…
LYNDAL CURTIS: Now to our panel and today we’re joined by Labor Senator Lisa Singh and Liberal Senator Simon Birmingham. Welcome to you both. LISA SINGH: Hi, Lyndal. SIMON BIRMINGHAM: Good afternoon, Lyndal. Hello, Lisa. LYNDAL CURTIS: Simon, if I could start with you, quickly, because the Opposition Leader, Tony Abbott,…
KIERAN GILBERT: Joining me now from Brisbane, Liberal frontbencher Senator Simon Birmingham. Senator Birmingham, thanks for your time. A lot to discuss this Tuesday morning… I want to start with the… one of the things that Brendan O’Connor referred to… it’s in The Daily Telegraph newspaper about a Liberal candidate’s off-colour website. He’s the…
RUSSELL WOOLF: Senator Simon Birmingham is the Liberal Shadow Parliamentary Secretary for the Environment and joins us on Drive very shortly. The Swan and Canning Rivers were on the election agenda today and Senator Birmingham, the Shadow Parliamentary Secretary for the Environment, was in Perth to announce the Coalition’s commitment to improve our Swan…
ROD TILEY: … happy to take your calls on whatever we’re talking about this afternoon or maybe something that’s on your mind. You may have a view on the health or the lack of it of the Swan and Canning river systems and, as Senator Simon Birmingham joins us now, a moment…
KIERAN GILBERT: … I’m joined from Adelaide by Liberal frontbencher Senator Simon Birmingham. Senator Birmingham, on this announcement by Kevin Rudd today committing in the long term to a lot of money to the automotive industry, pivotal in your state, is this potentially a risk to your Liberal counterparts in a number of those…
KIERAN GILBERT: Let’s go now to… we’ll bring in Liberal frontbencher Senator Simon Birmingham, who joins us from Adelaide. Senator Birmingham, thanks for joining us this Saturday evening. I want to ask you first of all… your reaction to the opinion polls today… you’ve got to be encouraged by them the Galaxy and…
KEITH CONLON: … a local Member, a local Labor Member in South Australia, is in the news and he has been accused of a lie that doesn’t get much bigger that’s what Liberal Senator Simon Birmingham says about a claim Nick Champion makes about Holden [GM Holden Ltd]. JANE REILLY: And Nick…
KIERAN GILBERT: Joining me now from Brisbane, Liberal frontbencher Senator Simon Birmingham and, in Adelaide, Labor frontbencher Amanda Rishworth. Amanda Rishworth, first to you on this likely rate cut later today. It is going to take the rates… official cash rate to well below what was previously described as emergency levels by the Gillard/Rudd…
TOM CONNELL: Well, we still don’t know when the election is going to be held. It appears as though August 31 is off the table but we do know it’s close and in times past that usually meant a sweetener or two for voters. This time around, though, they’ll be asked to take on…