MATHIAS CORMANN: Simon Birmingham and I… we are meeting with South Australian families and businesses today to talk with them about the impact of the carbon tax on them. The carbon tax, of course, will push up the cost of everything, it will make Australia less competitive internationally, it will cost jobs, it’ll hurt…
ASHLEIGH GILLON: For more on this [News of the World phone hacking scandal] this morning, joining me on our panel of politicians is the Parliamentary Secretary for Climate Change and Energy, Mark Dreyfus, and Simon Birmingham, the Shadow Parliamentary Secretary for the Environment. We will get to some domestic political matters a little…
KIM LANDERS: … staying with federal politics now and the Environment Minister says restoring the Murray-Darling Basin to good health does not necessarily depend on a set volume of water being returned to the river system. Tony Burke will outline what he believes are the minimum standards to save the river during a key speech…
LEON BYNER: Well, you have heard Senator Bob Brown give his view on the business of the carbon tax. We’ve now got Mathias Cormann, the Shadow Assistant Treasurer, live and Simon Birmingham, Liberal Senator for South Australia. First of all, Mathias Cormann, the claim was made by Bob Brown that if Tony Abbott was to have…
JOHN KENNEALLY: We’re going to be talking about the Murray there’s more science for the Murray about to be released by the South Australian Government today, Keith. KEITH CONLON: Yeah, and meanwhile Federal Senator, Liberal Senator, Simon Birmingham… he, through Freedom of Information [legislation], has got hold of some of the work that’s…
IAN HENSCHKE: Let’s get down to the carbon tax with Simon Birmingham, Liberal Senator for South Australia … and also one of the key figures involved in bringing about this carbon tax, Senator Christine Milne, the Deputy Leader of the Greens. Well, first to you, Simon Birmingham, it’s certainly not as scary as we were…
SIMON BIRMINGHAM: Julia Gillard’s latest unbelievable promise on her carbon tax that petrol will be excluded doesn’t mean Australians will pay any less under the carbon tax, it simply means they will pay it elsewhere. If the Government is to meet its same emissions reductions targets then excluding petrol simply means Australians will have to…
HOWARD SATTLER: The Federal Government’s confirmed today it’s going to spend $12 million of taxpayers’ money on its campaign to advertise promote, in other words the emissions trading scheme. Climate Change Minister Greg Combet, who hasn’t got time to talk with us today about this thank you, Greg, for nothing said the…
KATHRYN STOLARCHUK: And joining us now from Adelaide is the Opposition Parliamentary Secretary for the Environment, Liberal Senator Simon Birmingham. Senator, firstly on these new emissions standards for vehicles, the Government has admitted that these measures will come with a cost, so does the Opposition support it? SIMON BIRMINGHAM: Well, good afternoon and, look, in principle…
SIMON BIRMINGHAM: Electricity is not a luxury. It’s an essential good. What we see today are reports that electricity prices are going up by 30 per cent or more and that’s before you factor in a carbon price. Clearly, a carbon tax will push electricity up even more than the 30 per cent that’s already forecast over…