Capital Hill, ABC News 24 – Legislation to repeal the carbon tax; entitlements; 44th Parliament

LYNDAL CURTIS: … joining me now is today's political panel, Labor Senator Louise Pratt from Perth and, from Adelaide, Liberal Senator and Parliamentary Secretary to the Environment minister, Simon Birmingham. Welcome to you both.   LOUISE PRATT: Hello.   SIMON BIRMINGHAM: Good afternoon, Lyndal and Louise.   LYNDAL CURTIS: We will start with the exposure…

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New South Wales Country Hour, ABC Radio – Murray-Darling Basin reform

MICHAEL CONDON: Well, sensible and considered aren't necessarily the two words most commonly used to describe discussions about water policy in the Murray-Darling Basin but that’s exactly how the Abbott Government’s new Parliamentary Secretary [to the Minister] for the Environment, South Australian Senator Simon Birmingham, described a meeting in Mildura which discussed the Murray–Darling Basin…

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