SIMON BIRMINGHAM: Thanks, Eric [Abetz], and thanks, Greg [Hunt]. There is nothing to celebrate today; there is much to condemn today. There is, of course, the broken promise of the past to condemn today but, more importantly for Australians, there are the outcomes for the future to condemn today. Those outcomes will see…
DetailsLEON BYNER: Simon Birmingham, the deal’s done; the Greens are cracking the Champagne. SIMON BIRMINGHAM: Indeed they are, Leon. The Greens were in the Chamber just a few minutes ago when the carbon tax passed. They are like the cat that got the cream and of course they have done so at the expense…
DetailsGRANT GOLDMAN: … Now, the Coalition has moved to limit electricity price rises in the face of this new legislation. If the carbon tax passes today they say the Prime Minister should do the honourable thing and not gazette the legislation and immediately call an election so that Australians can actually finally have their…
DetailsSIMON BIRMINGHAM: During last year’s election, Wayne Swan described claims that there would be a carbon tax under a re-elected Labor Government as hysteria. Well, today that hysteria comes to reality. Those hysterical claims will actually see the Labor Government legislate a carbon tax a carbon tax that will have profound impacts across…
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…
DetailsKIERAN GILBERT: With me now, Liberal frontbencher Senator Simon Birmingham and Labor MP Andrew Leigh. Gentlemen, good morning to you both. SIMON BIRMINGHAM: Morning, Kieran, Andrew. … KIERAN GILBERT: Andrew, the Access Economics [Deloitte Access Economics] report… you’re an economist, I want to get your thoughts on this straight away… the Deloitte…
DetailsDI COVENY GARLAND: … now on the line, Liberal Senator for South Australia Simon Birmingham. Good morning, Simon. SIMON BIRMINGHAM: Good morning, Dianne, and good morning to your listeners. DI COVENY GARLAND: So, Simon, Tony Abbott says he will overturn the legislation if he becomes Prime Minister. SIMON BIRMINGHAM: Yes, Dianne, look,…
DetailsKIERAN GILBERT: Tony Abbott has all but confirmed that the Andrew Wilkie-led poker machine reforms being pursued by the Gillard Government will be gone of the Coalition wins the next election. Mr Abbott did this last night, addressing a clubs rally at the Campbelltown RSL in Sydney’s west. TONY ABBOTT: I do know that…
DetailsLEON BYNER: We’ve started today talking about what’s happening across the border in terms of money being spent on water because one of the things that South Australia has been very good at is very efficient uses of water and that’s all been done generally at growers’ own expense but in Victoria, for example,…
DetailsANDREW REIMER: You heard just a moment ago, on the News Hour, that construction work is about to begin on the infrastructure for the next stage of the rollout of the high speed National Broadband Network. The company undertaking the work for the Federal Government, NBN Co, released a 12-month plan today listing the…
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