MICHAEL SMYTH: Well, a few months ago on this program we were speaking to our traffic guru Nick Green about the increasing delays being faced by Adelaide drivers and the frustration that it’s causing and he said if you think things are bad now, just wait until our train network gets busier more…
LEON BYNER: Well, the Price is Right… we’ll talk to Larry Emdur about what price we’re talking about but we really have to ask the same thing about this carbon tax because we now find that SA Water are going to have a tax liability of about $6.2 million. Now, this is pretty interesting…
SONYA FELDHOFF: If you live in a regional area, as you’d be aware, coming up in the next couple of years there is going to be a big switch to digital TV and we’re gearing up for that and many people are being helped out with that switch but there are concerns starting to…
SIMON ROYAL: Residents of the South Australian town of Truro are taking their fight over digital television to Canberra. They’re furious at the extra costs they’ll have to pay to install individual satellite dishes to receive the signal when it’s switched over. This, mind you, is for free-to-air TV the stuff you’re watching…
CHRIS UHLMANN: Today offered another insight into the dysfunction at the heart of the Gillard Government during its simmering leadership tensions. An Auditor-General’s report declared the flawed tender process for the overseas television service cast the Government in a poor light and raised questions about its fairness. The tender panel twice recommended Sky TV…
ANDREW GREENE: Hello and welcome to Capital Hill. I’m Andrew Greene on a day of dramatic developments in two long-awaited investigations troubling the Gillard Government. First, this morning, the Commonwealth Auditor-General highlighted a series of flaws in the Government’s handling of the tender for the Australia Network contract. Then, hours later, Fair Work Australia…
MARK COLVIN: The Federal Opposition says a scathing audit report on the Australia Network tender process calls into question the future of the Communications Minister, Stephen Conroy. The Auditor-General says the 13-month process to decide on an operator for the overseas television service was flawed and cast the Government in a poor light. The…
KIERAN GILBERT: We’re now going to cross to Adelaide Liberal frontbencher Senator Simon Birmingham, spokesman for the Coalition on Murray-Darling and [in the Senate see below] Communications. Senator, thanks for your time. First of all, can I get your thoughts on this [Australia21] report and the prominent Australians calling for a rethink…
ELEANOR HALL: The Auditor-General today flayed the Federal Government over its tender process for the Australia Network contract, pointing to several serious flaws in the process. The Auditor General’s report, which was released this morning, says the process cost the two tenderers the ABC and Sky News time and money. …
LEON BYNER: Now, New South Wales and other states’ environmental groups have joined together and they’ve got some legal advice and they’re saying that the Murray-Darling Basin Authority’s draft Plan is illegal. The advice says the Plan contravenes the federal Water Act because it prioritises social and economic impact instead of the river’s long…