Ending what has been a sorry saga, the Coalition welcomes the Albanese Government’s backflip to reinstate the fourth Estimates week in the Parliamentary Sitting Calendar for 2023. The attempt to axe a week of Senate estimates would never have happened in the first place if the Albanese Government was genuine in its claimed belief in…
The Coalition and Senate crossbench will not tolerate the Albanese Government’s attempt to push through a Parliamentary Sitting Calendar for 2023 without the usual four weeks of Senate estimates. The Opposition, along with the cross-bench, have written to the Leader of the Government in the Senate, Senator Wong, stating that the Albanese Government must reinsert…
Today, hypocrisy is at its finest with the Albanese Government’s complete disregard for accountability on full display with the release of the Parliamentary Sitting Calendar for 2023. The absurdity of scrapping the first week of Estimates for the Senate is a deliberate avoidance of transparency by the Albanese Government. Four Estimates weeks in…
Topics: Virginia Bell Morrison report 05:25PM ACST 25/11/22 Jules Schiller: Simon Birmingham is a Liberal Senator for South Australia. He’s been good enough to join us as well. Welcome, Simon Birmingham. Simon Birmingham: Hey Jules, it’s good to be with you. Jules Schiller: Would you support a censure motion against Scott Morrison, your…
Topics: Morrison ministries; NACC; Senate legislation agenda; 09:25AM AEDT 25 November 2022 Journalist: Simon, Josh Frydenberg has vented his feelings about the many Morrison ministries. He says it amounted to extreme overreach taking over Treasury. Do you agree with him? Simon Birmingham: I think the latter decisions were a form of overreach. There’s…
Topics: Resettled ISIS families in Western Sydney; Morrison ministries; World Cup protests; Sanctions on Iran; 09:25AM AEDT 25 November 2022 Laura Jayes: The Shadow Foreign Minister, Simon Birmingham joins us. Thanks so much for your time, Senator. This is something that your government dealt with at the height of the risk, if you…
Joint media release Senator Claire Chandler, Assistant Shadow Minister for Foreign Affairs The Federal Opposition welcomes the decisions taken in the special session of the UN Human Rights Council on the deteriorating human rights situation in the Islamic Republic of Iran. The horrific human rights abuses and violence in Iran since the death of Mahsa…
Topics: Australia-Pacific defence relations; Wages; China-Pacific police cooperation; Pacific Island Forum; 11:45AM AEDT 23 November 2022 Journalist: Senator, what do you make of the meeting that Richard Marles has now had his second with his counterpart? The possibility of dialogue resuming between our two militaries, would that be a good thing? Simon Birmingham: As I’ve…
Topics: Australia-China relationship; Australia-Pacific defence relations; Election outcomes; Sanctions; 11:30AM AEDT 23 November 2022 Tom Connell: Joining me live now, Shadow Foreign Affairs Minister Simon Birmingham for more on this. An interesting juncture in China relations, this is going on, you know we’re sort of continuing to press the case and our influence, but also trying…
Topics: Government rushing legislation; COP27 loss and damage fund; Australia-Pacific relations; Sanctions; Australia-China relationship; FIFA World Cup in Qatar; 01:30PM AEDT 21 November 2022 Henry Belot: Well, to get more on this and to discuss a big week of international diplomacy, I spoke with the Shadow Foreign Minister a short time ago. Simon Birmingham, thanks…