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,…
DetailsPATRICIA 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…
DetailsWALEED ALY: The Murray-Darling Basin Authority announced on Friday that it wants to cut overall water allocations along the river by between 27 to 37 per cent. But the Opposition says the Plan will destroy some regional communities that rely on irrigated agriculture. Senator Simon Birmingham is the Opposition’s spokesman for the Murray-Darling and he…
DetailsMATTHEW ABRAHAM: Senator Simon Birmingham, Coalition spokesperson on the Murray-Darling Basin and a South Australian Liberal Senator… Simon Birmingham, good morning. SIMON BIRMINGHAM: Good morning, Matthew and all the crew you have in there this morning. MATTHEW ABRAHAM: Senator, what do we do to stop this descending into just an all-in mud wrestle? SIMON…
DetailsLEON BYNER: … I’ve got in the studio Nick Xenophon and Simon Birmingham, your [Tony Burke’s] opposite. We’ll start with Nick. Nick, do you feel somehow confident of what you’re hearing this morning from Minister Burke? … LEON BYNER: Simon Birmingham? SIMON BIRMINGHAM: Leon, look, I don’t have quite so many problems with the…
DetailsMARY GOODE: … The Coalition is also worried about the effects in rural Australia. Its spokesperson on the Murray-Darling Basin is Senator Simon Birmingham. SIMON BIRMINGHAM: Look, we want to work with Government, communities, the Murray-Darling Basin Authority, everybody to ensure that we get win-win outcomes and a win-win outcome is a sustainable river with…
DetailsSIMON 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…
DetailsKIERAN 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…
DetailsSABRA 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…
DetailsGILLIAN 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…
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