Labor’s carbon tax will be a disincentive for efficient irrigation water use and penalise some of Australia’s most efficient water users, Coalition Murray-Darling Basin spokesman Simon Birmingham said today. Irrigation water suppliers are warning that rising electricity bills will see an average irrigator’s water bill jump by $282, on top of the increased…
DetailsThe ABC’s reports today that Water Minister Tony Burke won’t support a bad Murray-Darling Basin Plan expose his hypocrisy and political game playing, Coalition Basin spokesman Simon Birmingham said. ?On 4 April this year Minister Burke wrote to the Leader of the Opposition stating: ? ?”I have been concerned with recent statements you…
DetailsTony Burke’s call for the Coalition to decide on the draft Murray-Darling Basin Plan treats the notion of consultation with contempt, the Coalition says today. “Dear Tony, I hear that you want to know our position on the draft basin plan? I didn’t know you had made up your mind. I didn’t realise…
DetailsA $190 hike in electricity prices is only the first such hit Canberra households will face under the carbon price and is an example of what all Australians will pay, Acting Shadow Minister for Climate Action, Environment and HeritageSimon Birmingham warned today. The ACT Independent Competition and Regulatory Commission has release its draft…
DetailsThe Gillard Government should not waste one more cent on trying to sell to taxpayers its unpopular carbon tax, Acting Shadow Minister for Climate Action, Environment and Heritage Simon Birmingham said today. A half-year report on Government advertising suggests the Gillard Government spent $16.8 million on media placement or ‘media buy’ for carbon…
DetailsAustralians should beware of smoke and mirror tricks in relation to any suggestions Labor is taking an axe to its Climate Change bureaucracy, Acting Shadow Minister for Climate Action, Environment and Heritage Simon Birmingham said today. It follows the revelation that the head of the Department of Climate Change and Energy Efficiency (DCCEE),…
DetailsThe Auditor-General’s report into the conduct of the Australia Network tender is a damning indictment of the handling of this tender by both Prime Minister Julia Gillard and Communications Minister Stephen Conroy. It demonstrates that the dysfunction at the heart of this Government is responsible for the ultimate corruption of this $223 million…
DetailsLabor’s carbon tax is perversely about to make it harder to help the environment, Acting Shadow Minister for Climate Action, Environment and Heritage Simon Birmingham said today. Plastics recycling companies are warning they will have to cut hundreds of jobs or go broke due to soaring electricity costs. The Gillard Government expects…
DetailsUnanswered questions on the future of the River Murray should be addressed at a Basin Plan public meeting in Adelaide today, Coalition Murray-Darling Basin spokesman Simon Birmingham said. The meeting at the Adelaide Convention Centre today from 10am is the last such one scheduled by the Murray-Darling Basin Authority before formal consultation ends…
DetailsThe Government must act to restore confidence in the Murray-Darling Basin reform process and release all legal advice relating to the consistency of the proposed Basin Plan with the Water Act, Coalition Basin spokesman Simon Birmingham said today. “With conflicting legal advice being touted by environmentalists, irrigators and the South Australian Government, it’s…
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