Topics: Donald Trump’s indictment; 09:35AM AEDT Friday, 31 March 2023 Laura Jayes: Let’s go now to the Shadow Foreign Affairs Minister, Simon Birmingham. He joins us now from Adelaide. This is his usual spot. We usually speak at this time on a Friday. Simon Birmingham, but I’ve got to say today is a little…
Topics: Parliament; the Voice; Aston by-election; RBA review; Warning from foreign investors on gas market interventions; 07:35AM AEDT Friday, 31 March 2023 Patricia Karvelas: The final sitting week before the May budget has delivered multiple wins for the government. The safeguard mechanism has been rubber stamped. The National Reconstruction Fund will be set…
Topics: Safeguard mechanism, Warning from foreign investors; Voice referendum; Further military support for Ukraine 04:20PM AEDT Thursday, 30 March 2023 Greg Jennett: Well, as of just a few moments ago, really, Australia has a full set of laws and regulations ready and in place now to drive down carbon emissions. The safeguard mechanism is…
Topics: Warning from foreign investors; Aston by-election; 04:08PM AEDT Thursday, 30 March 2023 Kieran Gilbert: Back to federal politics. Joining me in the studio is the Shadow Foreign Minister, Simon Birmingham. Thanks for your time. I know today you attended an event where a senior Japanese official from a major gas investor…
28 March 2023 Senator BIRMINGHAM (South Australia—Leader of the Opposition in the Senate) (03:56): It’s no secret that the politics of climate change have frustrated me over my 16 years in this place, bearing witness to debates here, around our country and around the world. Too often I have borne witness to extreme arguments, variously coming…
Topics: Labor deal with Greens on safeguard mechanism; Israel domestic politics; 07:45AM AEDT Tuesday, 28 March 2023 Peter Stefanovic: Joining us is the Shadow Foreign Affairs Minister, Simon Birmingham. Minister, Minister- Shadow Minister. Simon It’s old habits, old habits. They die hard. Well, let’s start locally. Simon, safeguard mechanism supported by the BCA and…
22 March 2023 Senator BIRMINGHAM (South Australia—Leader of the Opposition in the Senate) (10:35): As colleagues have noted, Australians do not change the Constitution of Australia lightly. Only eight of 44 referenda conducted in Australia have been successful, and the last successful referendum was conducted in 1977. Many members of this parliament and many voters were not…
Topics: Putin and Xi meeting; IPCC report; Samoan Prime Minister speech; Australia’s influence on emissions reductions; 08:00AM AEDT Tuesday, 21 March 2023 Simon Birmingham: Overnight we saw the meeting take place between Vladimir Putin and Xi Jinping. This meeting, we need to remember, took place against the backdrop of just days ago, the International…
Topics: IPCC report; Putin and Xi meeting; China’s influence to end war in Ukraine; 07:54AM AEDT Tuesday, 21 March 2023 Peter Stefanovic: Let’s send it over to the Shadow Foreign Affairs Minister, Simon Birmingham now. Simon, good to see you. So what do you make of that report this morning? And has China got…
20 March 2023 Senator BIRMINGHAM (South Australia—Leader of the Opposition in the Senate) (10:12): I begin by acknowledging all Australian servicemen and servicewomen who served in Iraq and who continue to serve in Iraq—those who have paid a price and for their service and particularly the families of those who have paid that price. We…