KIERAN GILBERT: This is the first overseas visit by the new Prime Minister, Tony Abbott, and, as I say, it’s been, overall, a successful one given the quite difficult context in which it has been undertaken. With me to discuss this and the other issues of the day, we’ve got Liberal frontbencher Senator Simon…
CAMERON WILSON: There’s still no date on when the new Federal Parliament will sit but behind the scenes there’s a lot going on amongst irrigators in the Murray-Darling Basin. That’s because parts of the Murray River were listed as critically endangered by the Labor Government just days before the election was called. Irrigators oppose the…
LYNDAL CURTIS: Joining us today for our political panel is South Australian Senator Simon Birmingham from the Liberal Party and, from Perth, Labor Senator Louise Pratt. Welcome to you both. SIMON BIRMINGHAM: Good afternoon, Lyndal. LOUISE PRATT: Good afternoon. LYNDAL CURTIS: Now, Simon, we’ll start with you because you will be…
TREVOR SCOTT: Chris de Burgh with that advice that he’s been giving to viewers for a long time Don’t Pay the Ferryman. We heard earlier River of Dreams from Billy Joel and it’s a bit of a water theme, really, isn’t it, as we get a little bit closer to the 9 o’clock…
KIERAN GILBERT: One Liberal Senator has described Tony Abbott’s new Cabinet as shocking and an embarrassment over the fact that there’s only one woman in Tony Abbott’s inner circle. The Australian of the Year, Ita Buttrose, says it’s proof that the glass ceiling is still well and truly in effect in Australia. Coming up…
KEITH CONLON: … now to a story late in the election, just before you get to vote, as we saw the costings come out with Shadow Treasurer Joe Hockey yesterday, there’s been a change to the way the buyback on the Murray is going to happen. Is it a storm in a billabong or…
SPENCE DENNY: … there is a lot of interest in the outcome of the vote for the Senate. Much of the Coalition’s policy really does hinge on control of the Upper House and, wow, it is quite an extraordinary situation that there are so many candidates this year that the Electoral Commission is actually…
KIERAN GILBERT: Joining me this morning, Labor frontbencher Kelvin Thomson from Melbourne and Liberal Senator and frontbencher Simon Birmingham in Adelaide. Senator Birmingham, first to you. Hindmarsh… it’s only a very small margin there held by Steve Georganas as I said… the Coalition pretty confident you might nab that. SIMON BIRMINGHAM: Good morning,…
MICHAEL SMYTH: … with just a couple of days of campaigning left, the Prime Minister has made a very brief visit to Adelaide this afternoon. He at first made a beeline for Wakefield, the seat currently held by the Labor MP Nick Champion to talk to some workers at Futuris Automotive. He’s at Hindmarsh,…
TONY ABBOTT: It is good to be here at Penrice Soda. I want to thank Guy Roberts and his team for making myself, Christopher Pyne and Simon Birmingham so welcome. This is a business which has been in the front line of job losses arising from the carbon tax. This is an energy…