ASHLEIGH GILLON: Joining me today on this historic day of the first day of the 43rd Parliament we have the Liberal Senator Simon Birmingham, good afternoon to you. SIMON BIRMINGHAM: Good afternoon, Ashleigh. ASHLEIGH GILLON: And the Greens Senator Scott Ludlam, hello. SCOTT LUDLAM: G’day. ASHLEIGH GILLON: So first day…
DAVID BEVAN: Simon Birmingham is your Shadow, he’s the Shadow Parliamentary Secretary for the Murray Darling Basin. Good morning, Simon Birmingham … SIMON BIRMINGHAM: Good morning David, Matt, Don, congratulations on the appointment. There’s just one thing I want to raise guys… DON FARRELL: Thank you, Simon. SIMON BIRMINGHAM: … just one…
CHRIS UHLMANN: … Simon Birmingham, of course you are the Shadow Parliamentary Secretary for the Murray Darling and must be delighted by the rain, are you going to claim any credit for that? SIMON BIRMINGHAM: I won’t quite claim the biblical credit for it raining, Chris, but it’s great to see some water…
DAVID SPEERS: Let’s go to Adelaide and the Liberal camp there, the Isobel Redmond camp tonight, and Liberal Senator Simon Birmingham joins us now. Senator, thanks for your time. What are you hearing so far there tonight? We haven’t seen any real results through but the exit polls are somewhat encouraging for the Liberals? SIMON…
ALI MOORE: The Opposition’s Parliamentary Secretary for the Murray Darling Basin is Senator Simon Birmingham. He joins myself and Political Editor Chris Uhlmann from the ABC’s Adelaide bureau. Simon Birmingham, welcome to the program. SIMON BIRMINGHAM: Thanks Ali… good afternoon… good afternoon Chris. ALI MOORE: You’ve committed to implementing the Murray-Darling Basin Authority Plan,…
ASHLEIGH GILLON: Simon Birmingham, have you lost all hope that this mining tax could disappear or do you think that there could be movement there? SIMON BIRMINGHAM: Well Ashleigh, look, I think there are several points to make in relation to the mining tax and this debate today. Firstly, here we are less than…
MATTHEW ABRAHAM: Simon Birmingham is a Liberal Senator. Simon Birmingham, good morning… ah, good afternoon, Simon. SIMON BIRMINGHAM: Habits die hard, Matthew. Good afternoon to you two and the listeners. MATTHEW ABRAHAM: Senator Simon Birmingham, what’s your… do you feel shattered? SIMON BIRMINGHAM: Look, it’s obviously disappointing and… to come so close, to win 600,000 more primary…
DAVID SPEERS: … let’s go from the Labor camp to the Liberal camp in Adelaide and Liberal Senator Simon Birmingham. Simon, we are seeing big swings in some seats but not in all and indeed in a couple of very marginal Labor seats… Light, we were looking at just earlier, it looks like a swing…
SONYA FELDHOFF: …Senator Simon Birmingham … today has been talking about a promise by the Coalition to put in $4 million towards an Adelaide City Council project regarding stormwater at Victoria Park … thanks for your time … why was this project singled out as being something that was worthwhile? SIMON BIRMINGHAM: Well…
LEON BYNER: A multi billion dollar submarine project designed to provide thousands of jobs is at risk if the Coalition is elected. That was suggested by the Premier Mike Rann today. Now, I notice that the Opposition Defence Spokesman, David Johnston, was reported in Perth saying that it might not be feasible to build…