…we were a tad disorganised and didn’t have candles that we brought along with us, so there were electric light candles on sale at the venue which was fine. But either side of us there were a few groups of people who had candles with them… the types of candles that you light with a…
The Rudd Government must guarantee that all holders of water licences in the areas concerned will be able to take part in tenders announced today, Coalition spokesman on the Murray Darling Basin Simon Birmingham said today. The Government today announced three tenders totalling $270 million will be conducted in the southern connected River…
Today’s release of a draft Lower Lakes and Coorong Recovery plan is welcome as it places focus back on the crisis in the Murray Darling Basin, Coalition spokesman Senator Simon Birmingham said today. “The South Australian Government’s draft Lower Lakes and Coorong Recovery Plan highlights the continued crisis in the Murray Darling Basin,…
State and Federal Labor Government Water Ministers must explain an apparent state of confusion over the future of the Coorong and Lower Lakes, Coalition Murray Darling spokesman Simon Birmingham said today. It follows a whole new round of consultation that commenced this week, more than three months after consultation closed on the previous release…
The Rudd Government’s continuing failure to achieve effective national management of the Murray Darling Basin has today been highlighted by the Productivity Commission, newly appointed Coalition spokesman Senator Simon Birmingham said today. The Productivity Commission today released its Draft Report on Market Mechanisms for Recovering Water in the Murray-Darling Basin. “The Government’s…
State Labor Government roadblocks to effective national management of the Murray Darling Basin have been highlighted by a second major independent report in two days, newly appointed Coalition spokesman Senator Simon Birmingham said today. Today’s National Water Commission report on water trading has restated key concerns in yesterday’s Productivity Commission report on market…
Senator Simon Birmingham says he is looking forward to helping achieve better outcomes for the Murray Darling Basin and stronger action on climate change, after his appointment as Shadow Parliamentary Secretary today. “The Murray Darling remains one of, if not the, most important policy challenges facing South Australia and I have pursued issues…
Senator Simon Birmingham has used today’s 20th anniversary of a landmark human rights treaty to urge support for UNICEF in its ongoing work to save children’s lives. The Convention on the Rights of the Child was adopted 20 years ago by the United Nations General Assembly and has become the most ratified human…
(David Speers: Liberal Senator Simon Birmingham… he is one who has been supporting Malcolm Turnbull but was not in the Senate chamber for this afternoon’s, well, no vote… there was no eventual vote as it turns out in the Senate. Simon Birmingham, why were you absent from the chamber first of all?) David, good afternoon. I…
(Matthew Abraham: Good morning … Is Malcolm Turnbull dead in the water?) Absolutely not, Malcolm Turnbull has had a very good win, a win in terms of taking the Liberal Party forward into the future, as a party that stands for action on climate change and as a party that has negotiated an outcome on…