Environment Minister Peter Garrett’s incompetence has been highlighted in a key submission to an inquiry into the Rudd Government’s bungled Green Loans program, Shadow Parliamentary Secretary for Climate Action Simon Birmingham said today. The Association of Building Sustainability Assessors (ABSA), representing thousands of assessors badly affected by the Green Loans program’s appalling mismanagement,…
“After 861 days as Minister responsible for the Murray Darling Basin, Senator Wong today has announced that she will visit the Basin,” Coalition Basin spokesperson Senator Simon Birmingham said today. “By issuing a media release entitled ‘Water Minister to Visit Murray Darling Basin’, Minister Wong is demonstrating that she has been failing to…
The Rudd Government must consider compensating the home sustainability assessors it has messed around and left out of pocket through its mismanaged Green Loans program, Shadow Parliamentary Secretary for Climate Action Simon Birmingham said today. The organisation representing assessors, and responsible for accreditation under the program, has put a range of proposals to…
In her third year as Water Minister, Senator Wong has finally committed to a $100 million investment in on-farm water infrastructure, Coalition Murray Darling Basin spokesman Simon Birmingham said today “Minister Wong and Kevin Rudd promised $5.8 billion for water-saving projects under the Sustainable Rural Water Use and Infrastructure Program, yet only now…
Water from the current Queensland floodwaters will be wasted as result of ongoing delays in promised infrastructure works to the Menindee Lakes, Coalition Murray Darling Basin spokesman Simon Birmingham said today.? The second flood in the Darling catchment in three months will see run-off of 6,215 gigalitres of water, or more than six…
The Rudd Government has been unable to shed light on basic details of its commitment to remove foil insulation from more than 50,000 homes, Coalition Senators Simon Birmingham and Scott Ryan said today. The failure on detail comes a day after the foil removal, or installation of electrical safety switches, was announced as…
A catalogue of failure confirmed by Senator Wong today has underlined the need for a Senate inquiry into the Government’s bungled Green Loans program, Shadow Parliamentary Secretary for Climate Action Simon Birmingham said today. Shortly after the Senate agreed this afternoon to establish an inquiry into Green Loans*, Senator Wong used a Ministerial…
The Coalition will today move* for a Senate inquiry into another environmental program bungled by the Rudd Government, affecting the livelihoods of thousands of Australians, Shadow Parliamentary Secretary for Climate Action Simon Birmingham said today. The Green Loans program, now stripped of loans, will join the Home Insulation Program as both a completely…
“Today’s announcement of $25.03 million in approved funding to local councils for water saving infrastructure is far short of the action needed to make a real difference to Murray Darling Basin health,” Coalition spokesman Senator Simon Birmingham said today. “Every dollar spent on water saving infrastructure is welcome, but $25.03 million is a…
More evaded questions today suggest the Minister with responsibility for coordinating the roll-out of the stimulus package was warned of the dangers of rushing the now abandoned Home Insulation Program. Mark Arbib, the Minister Assisting the Prime Minister for Government Service Delivery, today again dodged questions over the disastrous program, now linked to…