Taxpayers are footing a multi-million dollar travel bill as part of Labor’s clean up of its disastrous $2.5 billion Home Insulation Program or ‘Pink Batts’ scheme, linked to at least four deaths and more than 200 house fires. The Gillard Government has revealed and detailed more than $3.4 million in travel costs for…
DetailsMoney earmarked for returning water to the Murray-Darling Basin has started flowing towards an unrelated project offering no such benefit, Coalition Basin spokesman Simon Birmingham said today. In response to questions from Senator Birmingham through Senate Estimates, the Gillard Government has confirmed[1] it has begun handing over $20 million to the New South…
DetailsAustralian taxpayers are wearing a double hit from the carbon tax thanks to the high spending bureaucracy administering it, according to Shadow Parliamentary Secretary for the Environment Simon Birmingham. It follows revelations of Departmental staff and office arrangements in answers* to questions asked by Senator Birmingham through Senate Estimates. “Not only will…
DetailsAustralians face a growing black hole to either the federal budget or household budgets that is being kept secret by Labor’s refusal to thoroughly model the impact of its carbon tax, according to the Acting Shadow Minister for Climate Action, Senator Simon Birmingham. Answers to Senate Estimates questions on notice confirm…
DetailsThe countdown to Labor’s costly carbon tax bureaucracy gets serious this Christmas, Shadow Parliamentary Secretary for the Environment Simon Birmingham said today. “When Australians rest their heads on their pillows this Christmas Eve, it will be one sleep to their last Christmas before the carbon tax and just 100 sleeps to the start…
DetailsAustralians will face higher state taxes and/or service cuts as a direct result of the carbon tax, Shadow Parliamentary Secretary for the Environment Simon Birmingham said today. It follows revelations from South Australian Labor Treasurer Jack Snelling about the extent of the financial impact on the state budget’s bottom line. “We expect…
DetailsThe Gillard Government has condemned Australia to a carbon tax just as the rest of the world is set to step away from legally binding international agreements, Shadow Parliamentary Secretary for the Environment Simon Birmingham said today. It follows confirmation the Government’s carbon tax legislation has received Royal Assent. “Tonight our time…
DetailsLabor and the Greens have today again shown they’re not serious about listening to Murray-Darling Basin communities about the proposed Basin Plan, Coalition Basin spokesman Simon Birmingham said today. Senator Birmingham today attended today’s Murray-Darling Basin Authority public meeting in Murray Bridge, as did fellow federal Liberal MPs Patrick Secker, Jamie Briggs and…
DetailsA reasonable person would think that a plan for the sustainable management of the Murray-Darling Basin would specify how much water would be used for particular environmental assets and how much water would be recovered from particular communities. The plan released today does neither. This plan is as murky as the very waterways it…
DetailsA drip feed of the Murray-Darling Basin Authority’s draft Basin Plan is in conflict with its stated need for secrecy just a year ago, Coalition Basin spokesman Simon Birmingham said today. Despite the long overdue proposed Basin Plan having been scheduled now for release on 28 November, reports in recent weeks indicate several…
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