PATRICIA KARVELAS: … so they have to sort of be able to arguably oppose this but also kind of come up with an alternative to what they would do to try to restore some of the river’s health and I don’t know how they come… arrive to that decision, I think it’s going to be…
BARNABY JOYCE: First of all, thank you very much for being here. I acknowledge from the start the impediments that have been placed before the fourth estate on this one, how ludicrous it is that we’ve had separate lock-ups. This is not the fault of the Commission [Authority], it’s the fault of the Labor Government. In this new,…
SABRA LANE: Liberal Senator Simon Birmingham was the Chairman for much of the Senate inquiry, he’s also the Opposition’s spokesman on the Murray-Darling Basin. SIMON BIRMINGHAM: It’s worth highlighting it was a bipartisan report supported by Liberal and Labor Senators and the like… SABRA LANE: The Senate inquiry made four recommendations, the…
KIERAN GILBERT: Now for the Coalition perspective I’m joined by the Parliamentary Secretary (sic), the Coalition’s spokesman for the Murray-Darling Basin, Senator Simon Birmingham. Senator, thank you for your time on PM Agenda. The irrigators, as you’ve heard, are really, really concerned, environmentalists are positive about what they’ve seen thus far in the leaked reports…
SIMON BIRMINGHAM: The Coalition is passionate about getting the Murray-Darling Basin Plan right. This is a process that we started in government in 2007 and we want to ensure that in the end we end up with the right plan for the environment, for irrigation communities throughout the Basin, not just any plan, and that’s…
GILLIAN BRADFORD: Simon Birmingham, Mike Kelly, thank you very much for joining us… … GILLIAN BRADFORD: Simon Birmingham, do you think this is just ‘dodge a bullet’, that it’s inevitable rates will go up next month? SIMON BIRMINGHAM: Well Gillian, of course everybody is grateful to see interest rates kept on…
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 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…