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Birmo

@katiewalshafr thanks Katie, nice to know someone was watching! 10:19 PM May 26th via Mobile Web in reply to katiewalshAFR
MrsDzTB Fantastic article about the impact of positive teachers. Thank you @AlexTurnbull82 freakonomics.com/2012/05/21/the… #fb 5:33 AM May 26th via Twitter for iPhone Retweeted by Birmo and 2 others
grumpy. 5:35 AM May 26th via Mobile Web
@conno25 enjoy - bring home the win - #gocrows! 2:22 AM May 26th via Mobile Web in reply to Conno25
@Coco27Coco @BriggsJamie @conno25 @kevcorduroy @luluran @matt_clinch cats hawks port saints bombers crows roos blues eagles #daringtodiffer 4:24 PM May 24th via web in reply to Coco27Coco
@sunnycoastman no probs, hope you get to enjoy a little of that sunny coast! 1:54 PM May 24th via Mobile Web in reply to sunnycoastman
@sunnycoastman not looking for sympathy, I know plenty of Australians work long & hard to pay the bills &/or hopefully get ahead 7:40 AM May 24th via Mobile Web in reply to sunnycoastman
KarlRove My "3-2-1" strategy for a Romney win in November: on.wsj.com/KNQ8DU 7:10 AM May 24th via HootSuite Retweeted by Birmo and 53 others
a very long #estimates week is over - just left Parl House & look forward to heading home to #Adelaide in a few hours time! 7:20 AM May 24th via Mobile Web
@mjowen don't tell me you've only just finished lunch?!? might need to swap jobs, I'm still in #estimates! 5:14 AM May 24th via web
@joshgnosis @CroweDM what's the carbon footprint of all these promotional trucks? 4:49 AM May 24th via web in reply to joshgnosis
@CroweDM you should be excited, it's coming to Canberra & apparently it's more fun than you've ever imagined! 4:41 AM May 24th via web in reply to CroweDM
@bernardkeane I did ask Conroy whether this was like choosing off of the Christmas card list! 8:55 PM May 23rd via Mobile Web in reply to BernardKeane
@bernardkeane perhaps some involvement from department in shortlisting & initial drafting to reduce political interference 8:09 PM May 23rd via Mobile Web in reply to BernardKeane
Conroy & dept confirm in #estimates that those selected to do media inquiry & terms of ref were all cooked up in ministers offices alone 7:52 PM May 23rd via web
ABCthedrum Australia's achievements in Timor-Leste make all the more puzzling Labor's broken promise on foreign aid, writes @Birmo bit.ly/JSE70B 2:47 PM May 23rd via bitly Retweeted by Birmo and 2 others
joining @ALeighMP in the @SkyNewsAust studio for the morning political panal on AM Agenda with @Kieran_Gilbert shortly 3:27 PM May 23rd via web
@DavidBevan891 @kevcorduroy I plead guilty to questioning @abcmarkscott & ACMA re 'Foley case', but I compared you favourably to Sandilands! 2:57 PM May 23rd via web in reply to DavidBevan891
@cjjosh nice tweeting of ABC #estimates. However (& I stand to be corrected) I don't think @SenatorLudlam made it along tonight 5:55 AM May 23rd via web in reply to cjjosh
@CroweDM @meadea now I know why they call you the hate media! 5:36 AM May 23rd via web in reply to CroweDM

Name Simon Birmingham
Location Adelaide, Australia
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Bio Senator for South Australia Shadow Parliamentary Secretary for the Murray-Darling Basin Shadow Parliamentary Secretary for the Environment