SONYA FELDHOFF: Today a big day for South Australian regional hospitals as the spotlight in Canberra was shone on those hospitals in the Upper House. Now, will this mean a lifeline for those hospitals? Simon Birmingham … SIMON BIRMINGHAM: Good afternoon, Sonya, and good afternoon, listeners. SONYA FELDHOFF: … you and the…
DetailsKIM LANDERS: The Chief Executive of the Murray-Darling Basin Authority, Rob Freeman, has resigned. Mr Freeman will finish up in the role on the 1st of June. He’ll be replaced by Rhondda Dickson from the federal Agriculture department. The Basin Authority has been under fire since it released a plan recommending large cuts to water allocations along the…
DetailsGEOFF MULLINS: A prediction this afternoon that petrol prices will go through the roof because of the carbon tax. I see today federal Government climate adviser Ross Garnaut says he’ll release additional papers at the end of the month detailing how much money is expected to be raised by Labor’s carbon tax. The Professor has announced…
DetailsSIMON BIRMINGHAM: Under Labor’s carbon tax prices will go up and they will keep going up. We will see a situation where the price of everyday household goods bread, butter, cheese, Vegemite will all go up. We will see a situation where the price of Tiny Teddys will be hit by the…
DetailsLYNDAL CURTIS: Simon Birmingham, welcome to News 24. SIMON BIRMINGHAM: Thanks, Lyndal. LYNDAL CURTIS: The Government’s said it’s done all that it said it would do and now’s the time to look at winding up the program. Should it be doing that now? SIMON BIRMINGHAM: Well, in winding up the program now…
DetailsTONY ABBOTT: It’s good to be here at OneSteel here in Whyalla with Simon Birmingham, the Senator for South Australia. This is a very important industrial plant for Whyalla, for South Australia and for our whole country. It’s along with the BlueScope plant at Port Kembla the largest steel making facility in Australia…
DetailsLUKE GRANT: Simon Birmingham is a Senator from South Australia. He’s also the Shadow Parliamentary Secretary for the Environment and he joins me on the line. Evening, Senator. SIMON BIRMINGHAM: Good evening, Luke. Good evening, listeners. LUKE GRANT: Appreciate your time very much indeed. A lot coming out of this today but clearly the wastage is one issue…
DetailsVANESSA TREZISE: After more than 100,000 home inspections, the Government has revealed the threat posed by dodgy installations under its trouble plagued ‘Pink Batts’ scheme isn’t as bad as many feared. For more, we’re joined by Sky News chief political reporter David Speers and, David, is that a fair assessment? DAVID SPEERS: Well, it’s the…
DetailsSANDY ALOISI: Well, joining us now for an Opposition viewpoint is the Acting Climate Action [Shadow] Minister, Simon Birmingham, who joins us now. Senator Birmingham, good afternoon to you. SIMON BIRMINGHAM: Good afternoon, Sandy. Good afternoon to your listeners. SANDY ALOISI: And what concerns, if any, do you have about this report? …
DetailsNAOMI WOODLEY: … the Opposition’s spokesman, Simon Birmingham, says that [the conclusion of inspections] will leave many homeowners with unanswered questions. SIMON BIRMINGHAM: We’re talking about one million homes that will be uninspected at the end of this process. We know from the 150,000 that will have been inspected that basically one in four…
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