MARTIN KING: How weird? From ‘climate change denier’ we’re suddenly talking about the Holocaust. To me it’s just a bizarre nexus, a bizarre link, but a link that made Christopher Pyne see red. Was this a Julia Gillard dig? Was the Prime Minister being mischievous? And Julia Gillard would be well aware of comments made by Climate Change Minister…
SIMON BIRMINGHAM: Just as Julia Gillard promised that there would be ‘no carbon tax under a Government I lead’, equally she promised that she would ‘end the abuse’ of government funded, taxpayer funded advertising. Yet what we had yesterday was confirmation from Greg Combet that the Government is looking at advertising, is talking to communications…
SIMON BIRMINGHAM: Late yesterday, Labor Senator Annette Hurley told the Senate chamber that this Government is planning an advertising campaign on Labor’s carbon tax. This is an outrageous abuse of taxpayer money. Tens of millions of dollars of taxpayers’ hard earned money will be use to try to con Australian taxpayers into believing that they need…
IAN HENSCHKE: We’re talking about what now for the [Murray] River and joining us now, Simon Birmingham, Coalition … Murray-Darling Basin spokesman and a Liberal Senator SIMON BIRMINGHAM: Good morning, Ian, and good morning to your listeners. Look, it’s great to hear a calm and rational discussion that’s been taking place this morning on the…
TONY EASTLEY: The Federal Government’s preparing to dust off and dip into its contentious $30 million climate change fund to buy advertising. AM‘s been told the Department of Climate Change is working up options for the Government on how to use the money originally set aside for a public information campaign. The…
GARY HARDGRAVE: If you went to Nambour High, you probably almost want to disown the school. I went to MacGregor High and I never want to disown that school but it just beats me. Nambour High produced both Kevin Rudd and Wayne Swan and both of them have made great virtues out of that. No offence to…
ALEXANDRA KIRK: As Tony Abbott takes his anti-carbon tax crusade to Western Australia for the next couple of days, the Opposition’s got hold of Labor’s draft plans for a $30 million taxpayer-funded advertising blitz slated for January last year. It’s centred on Kevin Rudd’s emissions trading scheme but was dumped as was his…
LYNDAL CURTIS: Simon Birmingham and Nick Champion, welcome to News 24. NICK CHAMPION: Good morning [sic]. SIMON BIRMINGHAM: Good afternoon, Lyndal. G’day, Nick. LYNDAL CURTIS: The Government has not ruled out advertising to sell its carbon tax plan. That’s not something that has won the backing of either Tony Windsor or the Opposition Leader, Tony Abbott,…
LEON BYNER: We’re talking today about this proposed carbon tax, its impact on South Australia … let’s talk to Simon Birmingham, Senator in South Australia for the Opposition. Good morning. SIMON BIRMINGHAM: Good morning, Leon, and good morning to your listeners. Leon, you and Haydon Manning [Department of Politics and Public Policy, Flinders University] this morning…
HAYDEN COOPER: Gentlemen, thanks for joining us. SIMON BIRMINGHAM: A pleasure, Hayden. DAVID BRADBURY: Afternoon. HAYDEN COOPER: Well timing is everything and Scott Morrison has admitted that he got it wrong. You’ll remember that yesterday he raised questions about the cost to taxpayers of flying relatives to Sydney for the funerals of some of the Christmas…