MATTHEW ABRAHAM: A very interesting story raised by Leanne from Kilburn; I think let’s let Leanne tell her story, but it’s about getting your hopes up and then having them dashed after getting a leaflet from Kate Ellis [plays back audio from previous day] CALLER, LEANNE:I was flicking through the election junk…
LEON BYNER: The Shadow Parliamentary Secretary for the Murray Darling Basin is Simon Birmingham. Simon, where do you think South Australia stands in this horse trade that’s going on at the moment? SIMON BIRMINGHAM: Well good morning, Leon and listeners, and look, I’m pleased to hear Quentin [Grafton, Director, Centre for Water Economics,…
… KIERAN GILBERT: Senator Birmingham, I want to bring you into the discussion now, as you heard there from Bill Shorten, the message from Labor will be that this is a show of solidarity, that it’s all shoulders to the wheel and that Kevin Rudd and Julia Gillard share values in terms of the…
MICHAEL KEELAN: I was chatting about the water restrictions going out to seven hours and really, our problem here is … we’re managing here from the home gardener point of view or the householder point of view but it’s really the Murray Darling Basin, that’s where the problem is and still is. Simon Birmingham…
LEON BYNER: Simon Birmingham, Liberal Senator, has called in. Good morning, Simon. SIMON BIRMINGHAM: Good morning, Leon and listeners. Leon, I am very concerned about what the Minister is saying here. This $228 million was promised nearly 15 months ago by the federal Labor Government. Now it hasn’t been delivered. Not only has…
KIERAN GILBERT: … and in Adelaide we have the Shadow Parliamentary Secretary for Climate [Action], Senator Simon Birmingham. Senator Birmingham, thank you for joining us this morning. I want to ask you first of all, has Tony Abbott once again being caught up in this WorkChoices discussion where he wants the debate elsewhere… the…
ALEXANDRA KIRK: Coalition senators who formed a majority on the Senate inquiry want a royal commission into the home insulation program. They say the scheme was open to an unacceptable level of fraud and abuse and the Government had “clear and unambiguous warnings” that rolling out such a big program so quickly would be…
SONYA FELDHOFF: We’ve been waiting for these particular reports on the Green Loans scheme and I don’t think anyone expected that it would continue but now we have a definite time frame for the phasing out of this program, Simon. SIMON BIRMINGHAM: We have been waiting for these reports for some months. I’ve…
MIKE SMITHSON: Remember if you’ve got Isobel’s revenge don’t hesitate to give us a call after midday for a prize. She was stood up on a date with an unnamed Government Minister on Saturday night. She attended a performance of the [Adelaide] Cabaret [Festival] Natalie Cole. I actually saw her there and she…
LEON BYNER: More than 200 billion litres of precious floodwaters is evaporating upstream in the Menindee Lakes while dying Riverland towns and desperate irrigators battle for water entitlements. Now, the ordinary person … says, how can we do this? Let’s put some sense to this… … LEON BYNER: Now Simon Birmingham, you’re…