ASHLEIGH GILLON: Joining me this afternoon on our panel of politicians, Labor MP Ed Husic and the Shadow Parliamentary Secretary for the Environment, Simon Birmingham. Good afternoon to you both. Bob Brown has just held a news conference. We were hoping to bring it to you here on Sky News but had some audio issues with that. We’ll…
LEON BYNER: Now that New Zealand has agreed to allow fresh pork meat into their country, that will set a precedent that an applicant who wants to bring the same pork into Australia would use against us at the World Trade Organisation. Now, Joe Ludwig [Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry] has scoffed at suggestions that…
LEON BYNER: . . . because of a likely New Zealand decision to accept pork from countries that might have the PRRS [porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome] disease, which is the equivalent of HIV in humans, we will be obliged to accept, no questions asked, this product, and we don’t even have labelling laws to…
SIMON BIRMINGHAM: The Labor Government is now throwing good taxpayer money after bad. It’s learnt nothing from the home insulation debacle. It’s now at a situation where they’re letting the same people involved in the home insulation debacle run solar programs, run set top box programs. This is a case of utter madness. You have the Government that…
LEON BYNER: Now, there’s been a lot of discussion, as you know, about hospitals like Moonta community hospitals, the one at Keith… the State Government are adamant that these are private hospitals and so ‘why should taxpayers’ money be used to help private hospitals when they should be able to run their own businesses?’ Then…
ANNETTE MARNER: You’re with ABC Local Radio all around South Australia and the west of New South Wales. Well, we heard earlier today from the office of the Liberal Senator for South Australia Simon Birmingham that a motion had been put to the Senate really calling on the Government to reduce the National Healthcare payment……
SONYA FELDHOFF: Today a big day for South Australian regional hospitals as the spotlight in Canberra was shone on those hospitals in the Upper House. Now, will this mean a lifeline for those hospitals? Simon Birmingham … SIMON BIRMINGHAM: Good afternoon, Sonya, and good afternoon, listeners. SONYA FELDHOFF: … you and the…
KIM LANDERS: The Chief Executive of the Murray-Darling Basin Authority, Rob Freeman, has resigned. Mr Freeman will finish up in the role on the 1st of June. He’ll be replaced by Rhondda Dickson from the federal Agriculture department. The Basin Authority has been under fire since it released a plan recommending large cuts to water allocations along the…
GEOFF MULLINS: A prediction this afternoon that petrol prices will go through the roof because of the carbon tax. I see today federal Government climate adviser Ross Garnaut says he’ll release additional papers at the end of the month detailing how much money is expected to be raised by Labor’s carbon tax. The Professor has announced…
SIMON BIRMINGHAM: Under Labor’s carbon tax prices will go up and they will keep going up. We will see a situation where the price of everyday household goods bread, butter, cheese, Vegemite will all go up. We will see a situation where the price of Tiny Teddys will be hit by the…