Heavy rains and flooding in the northern catchments of the Murray Darling Basin will fail to deliver hoped for flows into the River Murray thanks to the Rudd Government’s failure to deliver on key infrastructure promises, Liberal Senator Simon Birmingham said today Labor’s 2007 election policy promised that a Rudd Government would “accelerate…
DetailsHundreds of billions of litres of water flowing from the Darling River into Menindee Lakes in New South Wales will be wasted thanks to delays in progressing long overdue federal infrastructure works, Coalition Murray Darling Basin spokesman Simon Birmingham said today. Labor’s 2007 election policy promised that a Rudd Government would “accelerate investment…
DetailsThe Rudd Government’s failure to achieve national management of the Murray Darling Basin has reduced South Australian Premier Mike Rann’s influence to that of letter writing, Coalition Murray Darling Basin spokesman Simon Birmingham said today. South Australian Water Security Minister Karlene Maywald this morning said Premier Rann is writing to the Prime Minister…
Details(Mike Smithson: Simon, will the Premier’s letter to Kevin Rudd have any impact? Will it make a splash?) Good morning Mike and listeners. It’s very disappointing that the Premier finds himself so weak and hopeless in this debate that he has to now resort simply to firing off the occasional letter. The problems we’re…
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DetailsThe Rudd Government must guarantee that all holders of water licences in the areas concerned will be able to take part in tenders announced today, Coalition spokesman on the Murray Darling Basin Simon Birmingham said today. The Government today announced three tenders totalling $270 million will be conducted in the southern connected River…
DetailsToday’s release of a draft Lower Lakes and Coorong Recovery plan is welcome as it places focus back on the crisis in the Murray Darling Basin, Coalition spokesman Senator Simon Birmingham said today. “The South Australian Government’s draft Lower Lakes and Coorong Recovery Plan highlights the continued crisis in the Murray Darling Basin,…
DetailsState and Federal Labor Government Water Ministers must explain an apparent state of confusion over the future of the Coorong and Lower Lakes, Coalition Murray Darling spokesman Simon Birmingham said today. It follows a whole new round of consultation that commenced this week, more than three months after consultation closed on the previous release…
DetailsThe Rudd Government’s continuing failure to achieve effective national management of the Murray Darling Basin has today been highlighted by the Productivity Commission, newly appointed Coalition spokesman Senator Simon Birmingham said today. The Productivity Commission today released its Draft Report on Market Mechanisms for Recovering Water in the Murray-Darling Basin. “The Government’s…
DetailsState Labor Government roadblocks to effective national management of the Murray Darling Basin have been highlighted by a second major independent report in two days, newly appointed Coalition spokesman Senator Simon Birmingham said today. Today’s National Water Commission report on water trading has restated key concerns in yesterday’s Productivity Commission report on market…
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