LYNDAL CURTIS: The Opposition so far has been somewhat critical of the Plan and I’ve been joined by one of the Opposition spokesmen, Simon Birmingham. Welcome to News 24. SIMON BIRMINGHAM: Good afternoon, Lyndal. LYNDAL CURTIS: Does this Plan meet what’s called the ‘triple bottom line’ of the economic, social and environmental…
DetailsMATTHEW ABRAHAM: Simon Birmingham, Liberal Senator, and his Parliamentary brief is the Murray-Darling Basin. Simon Birmingham, good morning, Senator. SIMON BIRMINGHAM: Good morning, Matthew, David, listeners. MATTHEW ABRAHAM: You’ve called it… you’ve said we’ve got the ‘double whammy’ here not enough for the environment and too much from irrigators. I would…
DetailsJOHN KENNEALLY: The River. KEITH CONLON: The River we know now that the Murray-Darling Basin report draft report [proposed Basin Plan] is out. It’s up for about 20 weeks of consultation; it begins as of now. It is a killer blow to some districts, an early report has put out.…
DetailsDAVID SPEERS: Well, for some Opposition reaction to this [release of the proposed Basin Plan] we’re joined by the Coalition’s Murray-Darling Basin spokesman, Senator Simon Birmingham. Senator, welcome. SIMON BIRMINGHAM: Morning, David. DAVID SPEERS: 2750 gigalitres is that about right in, your view? SIMON BIRMINGHAM: Well, David, the issue with…
DetailsSIMON BIRMINGHAM: Australians have spent more than 120 years arguing over how the Murray is managed. Now’s the time for a plan to fix it, to get it right and to provide for sustainable management into the future. Tomorrow’s Plan must deliver. It must deliver some certainty for everyone throughout the Basin and this Plan…
DetailsKIERAN GILBERT: Let’s get some more reaction now to the Murray-Darling draft Plan. I spoke to the Coalition’s Murray-Darling spokesman, Senator Simon Birmingham, a little earlier in the day. SIMON BIRMINGHAM: We’re not looking at anything arbitrary here, Kieran. The Government’s had more than four years to get this right. The Water Act…
DetailsASHLEIGH GILLON: Joining me this afternoon on our panel of politicians, the Labor MP Amanda Rishworth and the Liberal Senator Simon Birmingham. Good afternoon to both of you. Amanda, keeping the details of this deal with the Greens [to secure passage of the Government’s Minerals Resource Rent Tax legislation] did seem all very…
DetailsLEON BYNER: Since our electricity was privatised about ten years ago, prices went up so we could have competition that would put them down again. Building in renewable energy targets for so called ‘green energy’ was expensive compared to coal. It forced the price up. The subsidising of solar panels hasn’t really been the…
DetailsSIMON BIRMINGHAM: I’ll just make two quick points on two important issues. Firstly, we read today that the Government is planning an advertising campaign to sell their carbon tax. Well, quite frankly, Australians are going to end up paying more than enough for this carbon tax, Australians are going to have to work harder…
DetailsLUKE GRANT: One of the Opposition Senators who tried to stop this going through today is Senator Simon Birmingham who joins us on the line. Afternoon, Senator. SIMON BIRMINGHAM: Good afternoon, Luke, and good afternoon to your listeners. LUKE GRANT: Now, give us a sense of where things were this morning. It’s…
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