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	Matt Birney Information
		Matthew John "Matt" Birney (born 10 June 1969), Australian politician, a former leader of the Liberal Party and Leader of the Opposition in Western Australia from 9 March 2005 until 24 March 2006.
		Birney was born in Sydney but comes from a family long established on the Western Australian goldfields, and has lived in Kalgoorlie, a regional city in Western Australia, since childhood.
		Birney was Shadow Minister for Youth and for the Goldfields-Esperance region in 2001-02, Shadow Minister for Police and Goldfields-Esperance and Communication Services 2002-04 and Shadow Minister for Police, Commerce and Communications and Goldfields-Esperance 2004-05.
	www.bookrags.com /wiki/Matt_Birney (0 words)

	Matt Birney - the free encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Matthew John "Matt" Birney (born 10 June 1969), Australian politician, was Leader of the Liberal Party and Leader of the Opposition in Western Australia from 9 March 2005 until 24 March 2006.
		Birney was born in Sydney but comes from a family long established on the Western Australian goldfields, and has lived in Kalgoorlie, a regional city in Western Australia, since childhood.
		Birney was Shadow Minister for Youth and for the Goldfields-Esperance region in 2001-02, Shadow Minister for Police and Goldfields-Esperance and Communication Services 2002-04 and Shadow Minister for Police, Commerce and Communications and Goldfields-Esperance 2004-05.
	www.the-free-web-encyclopedia.com /default.asp?t=Matt_Birney (370 words)

	Matt Birney (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Matthew John "Matt" Birney (born 10 June 1969), Australian politician, a former leader of the Liberal Party and Leader of the Opposition in Western Australia from 9 March 2005 until 24 March 2006.
		Birney was born in Sydney but comes from a family long established on the Western Australian goldfields, and has lived in the regional city of Kalgoorlie since childhood.
		His father, Jack Birney (1928-1995), was a Liberal member of the Australian House of Representatives (representing the Sydney electorate of Philip) from 1975 till his defeat in 1983.
	en.askmore.net /Matt_Birney.htm (389 words)

	The Greens (WA) - Weeds Indeed!
		Matt Birney's dismissal of the Goldfields superb native flora as a "few weeds" (Kalgoorlie Miner, February 12th, p6) reflects poorly on him, Peter Burger, Greens candidate for Kalgoorlie says.
		Mr Burger responded to Mr Birney's comments by saying, "We have trees larger than anywhere on Earth with comparable rainfall, trees that have lived a thousand years (half of them in drought!) and have timbers that yield musical instruments with superior tonal qualities.
		There are plants that are excellent stock feed and plants that use microbes to extract heavy metals from the extremely stable soil minerals to use as insecticides.
	wa.greens.org.au /items/Media_Release.2005-02-14.4130 (0 words)

	Paul Omodei - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		He was elected leader in a party room ballot on 24 March 2006 after challenging Matt Birney for the leadership.
		Omodei was born in Manjimup, Western Australia and was a potato farmer in the Pemberton area before entering Parliament as the member for Warren in 1989 and is currently the member for Warren-Blackwood.
		After the 2005 election and the resignation of Colin Barnett as leader he was elected deputy leader under Birney.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Paul_Omodei (220 words)

	Australian Institute of Company Directors : Matt Birney
		Matt Birney was raised in Kalgoorlie and continues to live there 35 years later.
		Matt was subsequently preselected to run for the Labor seat of Kalgoorlie and at 31 went on to become the first ever Liberal member to win the seat in its 100 year history with a swing of approximately seven percent.
		On Wednesday the 9th March 2005 at the age of 35 Matt Birney was elected unopposed to the office of Leader of the Opposition.
	www.companydirectors.com.au /About/Speakers/B/Matt+Birney.htm (302 words)

	Birney refuses WA frontbench invitation - Breaking News - National - Breaking News
		Mr Birney, who has been sitting on the backbench since he was deposed by Paul Omodei last March, was widely tipped to come in from the cold in Friday's shadow cabinet reshuffle.
		Mr Birney said he offered to return to cabinet if Mr Omodei handed over his own mining and resources portfolio, which Mr Birney said would have been less disruptive and a "natural fit" for the member for Kalgoorlie.
		Mr Birney's refusal comes in the wake of dismal poll ratings for the Liberals and a disastrous performance in the recent Peel by-election, which sparked some calls for Mr Omodei's resignation.
	www.smh.com.au /news/National/Birney-refuses-WA-frontbench-invitation/2007/02/16/1171405433487.html (0 words)

	australianpolitics.com: Daily Quote
		In June 1981 Birney insisted the then Australian Broadcasting Tribunal "strongly caution" the Ten television network for what Birney felt was a "degrading" interview between Michael Parkinson and English actor Peter Bull "in describing the cucumber and its various uses".
		Birney always seemed to be voicing such professed outrage, always well publicised.
		In the West Australian elections at the weekend, Mathew Birney, 35, one of Jack Birney's five children and youngest of three sons, was re-elected state MP for Kalgoorlie.
	www.australianpolitics.com /words/2004/archives/00000090.shtml (0 words)

	Biography of David Birney
		Birney adapted and directed Mark Twain's The Diaries of Adam and Eve for presentation on the prestigious PBS series American Playhouse.
		Birney has served on the Theatre Panel of the National Endowment for the Arts and is a current board member of the Foundation for Bio-Medical Research.
		Birney is a prominent advocate for children's education and health.
	www.davidbirney.com /bio.html (391 words)

	Readers' Comments: Birney snubs Omodei invite - PerthNow
		Mr Birney, who has been sitting on the backbench since he was deposed by Paul Omodei last March, was widely tipped to come in from the cold in today's shadow cabinet reshuffle.
		Matt Birney is correct, it reeks of schoolboy politics.
		Birney can be a bit of a dill but at least he is better than the rest of the Liberal rabble.
	www.news.com.au /perthnow/comments/0,21590,21236241-948,00.html (0 words)

	Matt Birney's for Dan Sullivan :: ABC Western Australia
		Kalgoorlie Liberal MP Matt Birney announces his candidacy for Liberal leadership, and names his preferred deputy.
		It was a tough choice for him, and in the process Mr Birney reveals a novel reason why he has so much party support.
		Matt Birney is upfront about his preferred deputy.
	www.abc.net.au /wa/stories/s1313481.htm (0 words)

	MP queries accuracy of breath tests - National - smh.com.au
		Mr Birney yesterday defended himself, saying he had done nothing wrong and found it "interesting" that police pulled into the driveway of his Manning home to test him.
		Mr Birney, who was drinking with the deputy Opposition Leader, Paul Omodei, and three journalists at a hotel before being pulled over by police, said he had had three or four light beers, "enough to keep me under the limit", during the night.
		Mr Birney said he spoke to the police union president, Mike Dean, who said hand-held breath test devices were inaccurate.
	www.smh.com.au /news/National/MP-queries-accuracy-of-breath-tests/2005/05/29/1117305503696.html (0 words)

	Australian Labor Party: Time For Birney To Stand Up For Western Australian Workers
		Matt Birney, Western Australian Liberal leader, is today perfectly placed to stand up to the Prime Minister on the rights and conditions of these Western Australian employees.
		If Matt Birney is indeed a man of his word and a Western Australian first, then challenging John Howard on the impact on Western Australian workers of the Howard Government's extreme industrial relations changes should be his first priority at the Western Australian State Liberal Party Conference this weekend.
		The time has come for Mr Birney to stand up to the Prime Minister again, this time in Perth, not just for Mr Birney's view of Western Australia's right to its own industrial relations system, but for the more than 580,000 Western Australians who will have their unfair dismissal protection stripped away by John Howard.
	www.alp.org.au /media/1005/msirii010.php?tv=off (0 words)

	Birney elected unopposed as new WA Opposition Leader. 09/03/2005. ABC News Online
		Birney elected unopposed as new WA Opposition Leader.
		As expected, 35-year-old Mr Birney was elected unopposed as leader, to replace Colin Barnett who formally stood down today.
		Asked if Mr Birney was the right man to take over as leader, Mr Barnett refused to answer.
	www.abc.com.au /news/newsitems/200503/s1319623.htm (0 words)

	POLITICS: WA Liberals, Nationals in self-destruct mode - 13 May 2006
		Although Birney performed well as a shadow police spokesman in Barnett's opposition team against Labor's Michelle Roberts, he proved throughout 2005 that leadership was far from his strongest suit.
		Birney had failed to help himself by being seen with long-time former Liberal powerbroker, ex-Senator Noel Crichton-Browne, who was expelled from the party a decade ago.
		To discover Birney was in close contact with Crichton-Browne meant they put their long-planned challenge into top gear.
	www.newsweekly.com.au /articles/2006may13_w.html (0 words)

	Birney's daylight saving compromise under fire : thewest.com.au
		Liberal backbencher Matt Birney, who co-sponsored last year's daylight saving bill with Independent MP John D'Orazio, wants two months less daylight saving each year to reflect what he called widespread opposition to the measure.
		Mr Birney said he would introduce a private members bill to parliament to cut the last two months of the daylight saving period because of complaints February was too hot and the mornings were too dark in March.
		Paul Omodei, who deposed Mr Birney as Liberal leader last March, told The West Australian that changing the length of daylight saving was unlikely to make any difference to whether people supported it or not.
	www.thewest.com.au /default.aspx?MenuID=77&ContentID=23646 (0 words)

	Matt Birney's for Dan Sullivan :: ABC Western Australia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Kalgoorlie Liberal MP Matt Birney announces his candidacy for Liberal leadership, and names his preferred deputy.
		It was a tough choice for him, and in the process Mr Birney reveals a novel reason why he has so much party support.
		Matt Birney is upfront about his preferred deputy.
	abc.net.au /cgi-bin/common/printfriendly.pl?.../wa/stories/s1313481.htm (370 words)

	WA Opposition Leader suggests Pope is married (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Western Australian Opposition Leader Matt Birney suggested yesterday that the Pope is married, a blunder that is said to have shocked even his Liberal colleagues.
		Mr Birney was last night refusing to apologise for the gaffe he made while defending his decision to take his girlfriend on a taxpayer-funded trip to Greece.
		Ms Roberts demanded an explanation from Mr Birney, who is already reeling from accusations his absence overseas last week allowed the Government to strike a crucial deal on electoral reform.
	www.cathnews.com /news/505/32.html (0 words)

	lol @ Matt Birney - Perth Talk
		Matt Birney has been removed as opposition leader.
		Yeah, it was good that Matt Birney was a relatively young guy.
		I thought that Birney bloke was a bit wet behind the ears.
	www.perthtalk.com.au /forums/showthread.php?t=779 (274 words)

	POST Newspapers Online: Headline News
		An approach to politicians by the man dubbed "the 30-second rapist" may have led to the pubic argument that caused the sacking from the front bench of the Member for Nedlands, Sue Walker.
		Shortly afterwards, Mr Birney made a speech in parliament calling for both measures to be implemented.
		Mr Ibbs said that on March 6 he had written to to Mr Birney, inspired by the proposal to double mandatory penalties for assaults on police.
	www.postnewspapers.com.au /20060318/news/011.shtml (0 words)

	POST Newspapers Online: Headline News
		She has kept tight-lipped since Mr Birney replaced Colin Barnett as leader, but they barely spoke to each other.
		Mr Birney said this week that she was not a team player; that their latest dispute was only the tip of an iceberg.
		Mr Birney was not enthusiastically supportive and Ms Walker spoke up strongly during the meeting.
	www.postnewspapers.com.au /20060318/news/002.shtml (0 words)

	resist the neo-con empire - WA Liberals won't back Howard's IR plans (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		In a clear message to the WA Liberal leader Matt Birney, who opposes the introduction of a single national industrial relations system, Mr Howard said the party could not afford to be complacent about the nation's economic future.
		But Mr Birney maintains employees and employers should continue to be given a choice between federal and state systems.
		Mr Birney says he did not discuss industrial relations with Mr Howard during the visit.
	www.resist.com.au /forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=877 (375 words)

	Western Australia Liberals Will Recriminalise Homosexuality
		Barnett’s proposal serves only to reinforce the myth that homosexual men are inclined to molest boys, which in turn contributes to anti-gay prejudice and violence.
		Contradicting his leader, State member for Kalgoorlie, Matt Birney, supports recriminalisation to 18, arguing that, “boys can be confused and need a couple more years to sort themselves out”.
		Birney has not explained how deeming young males to be criminals and threatening them with jail helps them to “sort things out”.
	www.sodomylaws.org /world/australia/ausnews009.htm (0 words)

	Did Matt Birney lie ? :: ABC Western Australia
		Newly elected Liberal Party leadership team of Matt Birney and Paul Omodei make their first ABC visit in their new roles.
		Liam plays back the Birney response "I haven't actually seen Noel for two and a half years", he said at the time.
		"There was a hell of a lot of people in that restaurant", says Matt Birney, before modifying his denial to suggest that he meant "I hadn't been to see him in a formal sense to seek advice".
	www.abc.net.au /wa/stories/s1320327.htm (0 words)

	The Curt Jester: Pope's partner
		WEST Australian Opposition Leader Matt Birney suggested yesterday that the Pope was married - a blunder that shocked even his Liberal colleagues.
		In a case of either sheer ignorance or dreadful taste, Mr Birney was last night refusing to apologise for the gaffe he made while defending his decision to take his girlfriend on a taxpayer-funded trip to Greece.
		Birney but there is no reason to believe that he is an absolute idiot.
	www.splendoroftruth.com /curtjester/archives/005726.php (0 words)

	Kalgoorlie School of the Air (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		All children will have a medallion to commemorate our 175th WA birthday presented by Matt Birney (MLA).
		It was pleasing to see quite a few of our folk at conference.In attendance from Kalgoorlie were were Karen and Mark Forrester, Carina Kopke (Vice President for 2005), Vicki McQuie, Jo Tonkin and Cathy Bolederas.
		Matt Birney (MLA) will be at assembly on Friday to present children with a commemorative medallion celebrating WA’s 175th anniversary.
	www.emerge.net.au /~kalsota/pastnewsletters/August2004.htm (313 words)

	Libs in turmoil as Birney rebels : thewest.com.au
		Mr Birney told Mr Omodei last weekend that he would only return to the shadow cabinet if he could take over the leaderâs own portfolio of mines and resources, but after Mr Omodei consulted senior Liberals, he announced his shadow ministry yesterday minus Mr Birney.
		While supporters of Mr Omodei described Mr Birneyâs demands as arrogant and his reaction as a âclassic dummy spitâ, allies of Mr Birney said Mr Omodei had shown again that he was not leadership material.
		Mr Birney said Mr Omodei was not doing such a good job as leader that he was irresistibly attracted to returning to the fold.
	www.thewest.com.au /default.aspx?MenuID=77&ContentID=21594 (0 words)

	urg::: WA uranium policy utterly discredited: Opposition (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Opposition Leader Matt Birney says the Liberal Party will wait until its annual conference later this month to determine a policy.
		Mr Birney says Labor has confirmed under questioning in the Senate that the ban only applies to mining leases granted after June 22, 2002.
		Mr Birney claims there were five mining leases granted over known uranium deposits prior to the ban being announced.
	lists.myspinach.org /pipermail/urg/2005-September/001940.html (286 words)

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