KEITH CONLON: The River Murray, we’ve had a Gillard plan for the Murray … an accepting of the Murray-Darling Basin Authority’s Plan … then we had Tony Abbott at the Murray Mouth yesterday … major announcements. The Greens have come out and said, well nice try but look, it’s not good enough. Simon Birmingham,…
SONYA FELDHOFF: Yesterday we focused very much on the release of the ALP’s policy on the River Murray. Today the Coalition made their announcement, Tony Abbott flanked by his other South Australian Parliamentarians, Liberal Parliamentarians, was on Hindmarsh Island to release their policy of providing $750 million towards the River Murray. Senator Simon Birmingham is…
SONYA FELDHOFF: Simon, the issue of the Plan, we have seen no commitment from the Liberals at this stage to what they will do to save the Murray. SIMON BIRMINGHAM: Well, Sonya, we started the process of reforming the Murray Darling Basin and putting it on a national footing, with a national plan and…
LEON BYNER: Simon Birmingham … what do you understand is Ms Gillard’s intention in terms of a timeframe? When would this water be purchased? SIMON BIRMINGHAM: … I have a good many concerns about Ms Gillard’s announcement this morning. It lacks any real detail to it … I’m concerned that she’s talking about…
TONY PILKINGTON: The Prime Minister expected to make an announcement today whereby a major commitment of buying back all of the water required to save our River Murray … Simon Birmingham … KEITH CONLON: …you rang and obviously you know the Prime Minister’s coming in? SIMON BIRMINGHAM: Look, certainly do … very…
DAVID BEVAN: Simon Birmingham is a Liberal Senator for South Australia and he’s been involved in the campaign, obviously, but not just to try and get… well I’m not too sure he was standing but he was acting as something of a campaign manager for the Liberals, I think the candidate for Hindmarsh… …
MATTHEW ABRAHAM: A very interesting story raised by Leanne from Kilburn; I think let’s let Leanne tell her story, but it’s about getting your hopes up and then having them dashed after getting a leaflet from Kate Ellis [plays back audio from previous day] CALLER, LEANNE:I was flicking through the election junk…
LEON BYNER: The Shadow Parliamentary Secretary for the Murray Darling Basin is Simon Birmingham. Simon, where do you think South Australia stands in this horse trade that’s going on at the moment? SIMON BIRMINGHAM: Well good morning, Leon and listeners, and look, I’m pleased to hear Quentin [Grafton, Director, Centre for Water Economics,…
… KIERAN GILBERT: Senator Birmingham, I want to bring you into the discussion now, as you heard there from Bill Shorten, the message from Labor will be that this is a show of solidarity, that it’s all shoulders to the wheel and that Kevin Rudd and Julia Gillard share values in terms of the…
MICHAEL KEELAN: I was chatting about the water restrictions going out to seven hours and really, our problem here is … we’re managing here from the home gardener point of view or the householder point of view but it’s really the Murray Darling Basin, that’s where the problem is and still is. Simon Birmingham…