LEON BYNER: Now, ever since John Howard tried to take over the Murray-Darling Basin before Kevin07, there’s been a succession of debates, plans, policies, the appointment of a Murray-Darling Basin Authority, that itself lost its CEO over a matter of legal opinion the Water Act required economic impact to be held in the…
DetailsELEANOR HALL: The head of the Murray-Darling Basin Authority today put the release of the draft Plan for the future of the Basin on hold again. The report was due to be released this week and was set to go to Parliament at the beginning of next year, but the Authority issued a statement today…
DetailsLabor’s implementation of Murray-Darling reform is now running more than a year late and might not meet the legislative timelines demanded by the Water Act 2007. The Murray-Darling Basin Authority is apparently deferring release of the proposed Basin Plan until mid-October. This will come as a blow to those hoping for certainty for Basin…
DetailsThe Labor-Greens carbon tax is already putting pressure on Australian jobs and industry, including those in South Australia, said Senator Cory Bernardi and Senator Simon Birmingham today. Adelaide Brighton Ltd has indicated that it will need to evaluate its local production methods in light of the estimated impacts of the carbon tax. …
DetailsASHLEIGH GILLON: For more on this [News of the World phone hacking scandal] this morning, joining me on our panel of politicians is the Parliamentary Secretary for Climate Change and Energy, Mark Dreyfus, and Simon Birmingham, the Shadow Parliamentary Secretary for the Environment. We will get to some domestic political matters a little…
DetailsMATHIAS CORMANN: Simon Birmingham and I… we are meeting with South Australian families and businesses today to talk with them about the impact of the carbon tax on them. The carbon tax, of course, will push up the cost of everything, it will make Australia less competitive internationally, it will cost jobs, it’ll hurt…
DetailsMATHIAS CORMANN: Simon Birmingham and I… we are meeting with South Australian families and businesses today to talk with them about the impact of the carbon tax on them. The carbon tax, of course, will push up the cost of everything, it will make Australia less competitive internationally, it will cost jobs, it’ll hurt…
DetailsJOHN KENNEALLY: We’re going to be talking about the Murray there’s more science for the Murray about to be released by the South Australian Government today, Keith. KEITH CONLON: Yeah, and meanwhile Federal Senator, Liberal Senator, Simon Birmingham… he, through Freedom of Information [legislation], has got hold of some of the work that’s…
DetailsLEON BYNER: Well, you have heard Senator Bob Brown give his view on the business of the carbon tax. We’ve now got Mathias Cormann, the Shadow Assistant Treasurer, live and Simon Birmingham, Liberal Senator for South Australia. First of all, Mathias Cormann, the claim was made by Bob Brown that if Tony Abbott was to have…
DetailsKIM LANDERS: … staying with federal politics now and the Environment Minister says restoring the Murray-Darling Basin to good health does not necessarily depend on a set volume of water being returned to the river system. Tony Burke will outline what he believes are the minimum standards to save the river during a key speech…
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