Senator BIRMINGHAM (South Australia) (18:04): I rise to speak on the Clean Energy Amendment (International Emissions Trading and Other Measures) Bill 2012, which is part of a package of legislation that once again demonstrates- The ACTING DEPUTY PRESIDENT: Order! Senator Birmingham, I am sorry. Order, please! If you are not participating, could you leave…
DetailsKIERAN GILBERT: … joining me now on the program are Parliamentary Secretary for Foreign Affairs Richard Marles and the Shadow Parliamentary Secretary for the Environment, Senator Simon Birmingham. Gentlemen, good to see you this morning. SIMON BIRMINGHAM: Morning. RICHARD MARLES: Morning. … RICHARD MARLES: … we go forward knowing that…
DetailsDAVID LIPSON: … welcome back to 2013 to our panellists for today, Labor MP Graham Perrett and Shadow Parliamentary Secretary Senator Simon Birmingham. Thank you so much for your time this morning, gentlemen. I want to start first with Barack Obama’s inauguration speech today. … DAVID LIPSON: Senator Birmingham, there was…
DetailsSIMON BIRMINGHAM: The sad news today is that 60 jobs are now, of course, going to come to an end at Penrice down at Port Adelaide. This, of course, is a tragedy for the individual workers but the awful truth is that Labor Government policies are contributing to these job losses. Penrice, in their…
DetailsPenrice Soda has today announced it is closing Australia’s only soda ash production plant resulting in 60 job losses in Adelaide. “This is terrible news for South Australia and another blow to our local manufacturing industry,” Shadow Parliamentary Secretary for the Environment Simon Birmingham said today. “Penrice Soda dates back almost 80…
DetailsLAURA TCHILINGUIRIAN: … the Australian Federal Opposition has written a third letter to the Prime Minister, Julia Gillard, about whaling in the Southern Ocean. It wants the Australian Government to send a Customs vessel to monitor any fights between protesters and the Japanese fleet. The Government has consistently said that sending a boat would…
DetailsCHRIS KENNY: … we’ve been talking just moments ago about the River Murray as a holiday destination, as a place where Kevin Foley likes to get up and relax a bit and hoon around on a speedboat, but I want to talk about serious issues related to the River Murray at the moment and…
DetailsPETE DILLON: Simon Birmingham is a federal Liberal Senator for South Australia. He’s been in the news, particularly for the LGBT [lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender] community, after the recent pre-selection for the South Australian Senate and was elected behind controversial Senator Cory Bernardi, the former [Shadow] Parliamentary Secretary to Opposition Leader Tony Abbott.…
DetailsKIERAN GILBERT: Today we’re taking a look at the last Nielsen poll for 2012. It has Tony Abbott’s disapproval rating as the second worst recorded by an Opposition Leader in the four decades of the Nielsen survey. The Labor primary vote… the recovery appears to be holding up, although momentum for the Government has…
Details“The desperation of the Member for Hindmarsh, Steve Georganas MP, is on full show this week as he seeks to mislead voters in Hindmarsh,” Senator Simon Birmingham said today. “Just two weeks ago The Advertiser proclaimed ‘Libs’ vote secures Murray Victory’ following the Liberal Party’s announcement of support for the Murray-Darling Basin Plan. “Yet…
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