Water Minister Penny Wong has pointedly refused to say that no-one in her Government has seen the draft Basin Plan prepared by the Murray-Darling Basin Authority, Coalition Basin spokesman Simon Birmingham said today. The Basin Plan is expected to propose sustainable diversion limits, but its release has been delayed until after the election…
DetailsJulia Gillard continues to treat the plight of the River Murray with contempt, failing to mention it once despite a tediously long campaign launch speech today, Senator Simon Birmingham said today. “It beggars belief that someone standing for the position of Prime Minister could fail to mention the issues facing the Murray-Darling Basin…
DetailsJulia Gillard has been caught out grossly exaggerating the impact of Labor’s water buybacks during her visit to Adelaide this week, Coalition Murray Darling Basin spokesman Simon Birmingham said today. Ms Gillard claimed that “Labor has bought back one out of every 20 litres of the Murray-Darling Basin’s irrigation water and returned it…
DetailsThe Coalition’s real action to safeguard the future of the Murray-Darling Basin has struck the right balance, winning positive responses from both irrigators and environmental campaigners, Coalition Murray Darling Basin spokesman Simon Birmingham said today. “… the Coalition has raised the bar by committing to ensuring balance in the new Basin Plan ……
DetailsThe Coalition will take real action to safeguard the future of the Murray-Darling Basin. The biggest environmental problem Australia faces is reconciling the human, economic and environmental problems of the Murray-Darling Basin. We will commit $751.5 million over the forward estimates to deliver real action for the Murray-Darling Basin. The Coalition…
DetailsLabor’s blank cheque on water buybacks poses questions that Julia Gillard and Penny Wong are yet to answer. Simon Birmingham, Shadow Parliamentary Secretary for the Murray Darling Basin, asked “has anybody in the Government seen the draft Basin Plan to which Labor has unreservedly committed?” “Julia Gillard has said she hasn’t seen…
DetailsRestoration of a section of the River Torrens Linear Park will become one of the first Green Army projects to be supported in Australia, Shadow Parliamentary Secretary for Climate Action Simon Birmingham announced today. Senator Birmingham and Liberal candidate for Hindmarsh, Jassmine Wood, said that if a Coalition Government is elected, an area…
DetailsBoothby will become home to three of the first Green Army projects to be supported in Australia under the Coalition’s Green Army Plan. Federal Shadow Parliamentary Secretary for Climate Action, Senator Simon Birmingham, and Federal Member for Boothby, Andrew Southcott, said that if a Coalition Government was elected Seacliff, Brighton, Brownhill Creek, Mitcham…
DetailsThe Coalition’s Murray-Darling Basin spokesman has today indicated he is willing to debate his Labor counterpart any time and anywhere on the future of the Murray Darling Basin. Senator Simon Birmingham was today responding to Penny Wong’s desperate attempt to divert attention from her Government’s inaction: “… I am laying down a challenge…
DetailsPenny Wong has today confessed that after three years of failure and missed opportunities for the Murray Darling Basin another term in office for Labor would mean more of the same, Coalition Basin spokesman Simon Birmingham said today. “I can tell you what a re-elected Gillard Government will do we will continue…
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