JOURNALIST: What’s new today? We’ve had all this coverage of it yesterday. You’ve come all the way down here. What are you still doing this for? SIMON BIRMINGHAM: Well, this is the process of actually talking to stakeholders, talking to people who have a real interest in this Basin Plan and how it’s…
DetailsLUKE GRANT: Now, as you know, the UN Climate Change Conference is happening in South Africa, in Durban. Simon Birmingham is the Shadow Parliamentary Secretary for the Murray-Darling Basin and Shadow Parliamentary Secretary for the Environment… Liberal Senator for South Australia and joins us on the line. Afternoon, Senator. SIMON BIRMINGHAM: Good afternoon,…
DetailsJESSICA SWANN: I think the most important news of the morning is to say a very happy birthday to Reggie [phonetic], and Tony [phonetic] is also having a birthday. Gosh, all these messages coming in before the program. ‘Hi, it’s Leon here. Please, I’d like to say happy birthday in the morning to the…
DetailsMARY GOODE: … The draft Plan now faces 20 weeks of consultations and a final Plan is expected to be presented to Parliament mid-next year. There is then 15 sitting days to disallow it. Any Member of either House can move a disallowance motion but the motion needs a majority to pass. That puts…
DetailsTREVOR SCOTT: … and as you would be aware, the Murray-Darling [proposed] Basin Plan has been released and, I tell you what, it’s a little bit murky. Well, so says Senator Simon Birmingham a murky plan for murky waters. I welcome Senator Birmingham to the program. Good morning, Senator. SIMON BIRMINGHAM: Good…
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…
DetailsLYNDAL 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…
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