LEON BYNER: … set top box, you’ve got all these extra channels like 7TWO/mate, GEM, GO!, ELEVEN. A lot of these shows [digital channels] have got repeats which sometimes rate better than the free-to-air ‘one’ service [primary channel]. The problem for those people outside Adelaide is that analogue television’s basically gone. That is, the traditional 2 [ABC],…
JOSEPH THOMSEN: … the Shadow Parliamentary Secretary for the Murray-Darling Basin, Simon Birmingham, who is in Albury for today only. Simon Birmingham, good morning. SIMON BIRMINGHAM: Good morning, Joseph and listeners. It’s a pleasure to be with you. JOSEPH THOMSEN: Now, you’re going to be focusing today on what exactly? SIMON BIRMINGHAM: I will be…
MIKE SMITHSON: Now, as we heard last week, Tony Abbott’s Coalition has formed a task force to build more dams around Australia to capture stormwater and floodwater given the enormity of the flood in the eastern states, it seems like a pretty sound idea but the Federal Government has already started throwing mud at…
LAINIE ANDERSON: … Simon Birmingham … what do you think or what do you make of the idea that former South Australian Water Minister Karlene Maywald could head the Murray-Darling Basin Authority or is one of many being touted as a possible head? SIMON BIRMINGHAM: … Karlene’s obviously an ably intelligent woman, she…
ELIZABETH JACKSON: With many communities still dealing with the damage from widespread flooding, the Federal Opposition has accused the Government of failing to reveal warnings that its plan to put more water back into the Murray-Darling river system could increase the risk of flooding. A document the Coalition has obtained under Freedom of…
SCOTT BEVAN: Time now for our daily ‘pollies panel’. Political correspondent Gillian Bradford is joined by Liberal Senator Simon Birmingham and Labor MP Andrew Leigh. … GILLIAN BRADFORD: Simon, three of Joe Hockey’s Nine Point Plan [the Coalition’s Nine Point Plan to Stand up to the Banks] pop up in this Government package so, with that…
WILL GOODINGS: … someone with quite strong opinions on this matter and others is Senator Simon Birmingham for South Australia. Senator, welcome to the program. SIMON BIRMINGHAM: G’day, Will, pleasure to be here. WILL GOODINGS: Simon, can you tell us your reaction to Mike Taylor stepping aside. SIMON BIRMINGHAM: Well, look, I feel very…
GLENN RIDGE: It’s been reported that over the past year something like $750 million more have been spent on water buybacks than was originally earmarked, while something like 300 million less than was budgeted for was directed to water saving infrastructure. The thing which hit me was as at October, as in two months ago,…
LEON BYNER: Just taking you back a little bit. We established when I say ‘we’, the Government under the suggestion of everybody who thought that we need this independent group of people that would decide the fate of water and how it ought to be used, the Murray-Darling Basin Authority, they went…
MATTHEW ABRAHAM: … twitter.com/kevcorduroy where the news has flashed up while we were broadcasting that interview that the Murray-Darling Basin Authority… this is from ABC News, their Twitter feed… the Murray-Darling Basin Authority head, Mike Taylor, has resigned, and we’ve heard that … information from our newsroom as well. DAVID BEVAN: This is…