Edwin Cowlishaw: …for South Australia and also the Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for the Environment. Senator, good morning. Simon Birmingham: Good morning Ed, good morning to your listeners. Edwin Cowlishaw: Now earlier this year it was announced that two-hundred-and-forty million would be given to irrigation districts in South Australia, you've recently approved the guidelines…
KIERAN GILBERT: … with me this morning, Liberal frontbencher Parliamentary Secretary [to the Minister] for the Environment Senator Simon Birmingham on this, the first day of the 44th Parliament. Before we get into the politics, for many of those who have arrived here in Canberra at Parliament for the first time as Members of Parliament,…
TREVOR HARDEN: When we last spoke with South Australian Liberal Senator Simon Birmingham, in March this year, on Making Sense he was the shadow parliamentary secretary with responsibility for the River Murray and water and so on. Now he is the Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for the Environment, Greg Hunt, and he still has…
MATTHEW ABRAHAM: As you would have heard on our news this morning, the National Broadband Network is updating its rollout maps and Ziggy Switkowski, who is the new head of it, appointed by the Abbott Government I think in its first few days, says he wants to more accurately reflect what is going on and…
DAVID LIPSON: Factional brawling, faceless men, allegations of payback and claims that women are not being fairly represented in senior positions – all barbs aimed at the Labor Party from within the Labor Party after yesterday’s frontbench announcement. The former Speaker, Anna Burke, who missed out on a frontbench position, is leading the charge. She…
MATTHEW ABRAHAM: In a moment we’re going to talk about whether the money will be there for the City of Adelaide to get it to Adelaide. This is this clipper which is really… it’s afloat but to float the boat they need nearly a million dollars that was pledged by the Rudd Government but not……
MATTHEW ABRAHAM: We’re going to look at the City of Adelaide, the clipper. Now, it is actually going to get a royal send-off. I have no doubt that former Premier Mike Rann, now serving the nation in London, is probably behind whipping up a few Royals to farewell this ship. His enthusiasm and others’…
LYNDAL CURTIS: … joining me now is today's political panel, Labor Senator Louise Pratt from Perth and, from Adelaide, Liberal Senator and Parliamentary Secretary to the Environment minister, Simon Birmingham. Welcome to you both. LOUISE PRATT: Hello. SIMON BIRMINGHAM: Good afternoon, Lyndal and Louise. LYNDAL CURTIS: We will start with the exposure…
MICHAEL CONDON: Well, sensible and considered aren't necessarily the two words most commonly used to describe discussions about water policy in the Murray-Darling Basin but that’s exactly how the Abbott Government’s new Parliamentary Secretary [to the Minister] for the Environment, South Australian Senator Simon Birmingham, described a meeting in Mildura which discussed the Murray–Darling Basin…
BRETT WORTHINGTON: The Murray–Darling Basin Authority wants to know what you think of its Constraints Management Strategy. That’s a plan that reviews the physical and operational constraints of the river. Constraints are things like river rules, practices and structures that govern the volume of water or the timing of water as it’s regulated throughout the…