KIM 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…
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…
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…
DetailsIAN HENSCHKE: Let’s get down to the carbon tax with Simon Birmingham, Liberal Senator for South Australia … and also one of the key figures involved in bringing about this carbon tax, Senator Christine Milne, the Deputy Leader of the Greens. Well, first to you, Simon Birmingham, it’s certainly not as scary as we were…
DetailsSIMON BIRMINGHAM: Julia Gillard’s latest unbelievable promise on her carbon tax that petrol will be excluded doesn’t mean Australians will pay any less under the carbon tax, it simply means they will pay it elsewhere. If the Government is to meet its same emissions reductions targets then excluding petrol simply means Australians will have to…
DetailsHOWARD SATTLER: The Federal Government’s confirmed today it’s going to spend $12 million of taxpayers’ money on its campaign to advertise promote, in other words the emissions trading scheme. Climate Change Minister Greg Combet, who hasn’t got time to talk with us today about this thank you, Greg, for nothing said the…
DetailsJOURNALIST: First of all, what are your thoughts on the Australian Energy Market Commission report that says electricity prices will rise between 20 to 40 per cent by 2013? SIMON BIRMINGHAM: It’s a 30 per cent rise in electricity prices that Australians are facing and that’s without a carbon tax, so Australians really will be…
DetailsJOHN BARRON: The Federal Government continued its drive to sell the carbon tax yesterday with Treasurer Wayne Swan releasing Treasury modelling to support his claim that the tax would have no significant impact on jobs or economic growth. The Government is hoping to finalise negotiations on the tax this month and make details of its plan…
DetailsKATHRYN STOLARCHUK: And joining us now from Adelaide is the Opposition Parliamentary Secretary for the Environment, Liberal Senator Simon Birmingham. Senator, firstly on these new emissions standards for vehicles, the Government has admitted that these measures will come with a cost, so does the Opposition support it? SIMON BIRMINGHAM: Well, good afternoon and, look, in principle…
DetailsSIMON BIRMINGHAM: Electricity is not a luxury. It’s an essential good. What we see today are reports that electricity prices are going up by 30 per cent or more and that’s before you factor in a carbon price. Clearly, a carbon tax will push electricity up even more than the 30 per cent that’s already forecast over…
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