20 March 2023 Senator BIRMINGHAM (South Australia—Leader of the Opposition in the Senate) (16:33): I move: That, in the opinion of the Senate, the following is a matter of urgency: The need for the Senate to recognise that AUKUS expresses Australia’s ambition for enduring peace and prosperity in our region, and to reject criticism from former…
Joint media release: Senator Claire Chandler, Assistant Shadow Minister for Foreign Affairs 20 March 2023 The Coalition welcomes the targeted sanctions and travel bans imposed by the Australian Government today on numerous individuals and entities responsible for the abhorrent human rights abuses in Iran. This slow response is disappointing with further sanctions on…
Topics: Purchase of US missiles; Paul Keating speech; 09:20AM AEDT Friday, 17 March 2023 Laura Jayes: Now, this week, Paul Keating lashed out at the government over this week’s AUKUS deal. It was quite a memorable event. And this morning we have confirmation that the US will potentially sell billions of dollars worth of…
TOPICS: AUKUS; cost of living pressures; electricity prices; the Prime Minister’s broken promise on a $275 cut to your power bills; gas supply. 16 March 2023 10:20AM ACDT E&OE……………………………………………………………………………………………… JAMES STEVENS: Good morning. My name’s James Stevens, and it’s my great pleasure to welcome Peter Dutton here to my electorate of Sturt and…
Topics: Paul Keating; 05:10PM AEDT Wednesday, 15 March 2023 Chris O’Keefe: Now for more, let’s bring in Shadow Foreign Minister Simon Birmingham. Senator, thanks for your time. Simon Birmingham: Hello, Chris. Great to speak with you again. Chris O’Keefe: So Paul Keating, is he fair dinkum or not? Simon Birmingham: Oh, well, he certainly believes…
Topics: AUKUS 09:15AM AEDT Tuesday, 14 March 2023 Stacey Lee: Simon Birmingham is a Liberal Senator for South Australia and the Shadow Foreign Affairs Minister. Good morning, Simon Birmingham. Simon Birmingham: Good morning, good to be with you. Stacey Lee: Do you believe this timeline? Simon Birmingham: Well, I think there…
Topics: AUKUS 08:50AM AEDT Tuesday, 14 March 2023 Peter Stefanovic: … joining us is the Shadow Foreign Affairs Minister, Simon Birmingham. Minister, good to see you. Thanks for your time. So what’s the Opposition’s official take on this this morning? Simon Birmingham: G’day Pete. Well, we welcome the evolution in terms of AUKUS.…
Topics: AUKUS 0900 AEDT Tuesday, 14 March 2023 Reporter: Senator Birmingham, what’s your reaction to the new AUKUS details that we’ve heard this morning. Simon Birmingham: Well, we continue to give bipartisan support to a venture that we are proud to have started. There are many questions though still to be answered about…
Topics: AUKUS 08:40AM AEDT Tuesday, 14 March 2023 David Penberthy: Simon Birmingham, long standing Liberal Senator for SA and the Federal Opposition Leader in the Senate joins us now. Birmo, good morning. What’s your take on this? It seems to be pretty much to be unadorned good news, does it not? Simon Birmingham: Good…
Topics: AUKUS; AUKUS funding, China 08:05AM AEDT 14 March 2023 Patricia Karvelas: Well, as we’ve been reporting, the AUKUS arrangement has been officially announced now in San Diego. The US President Joe Biden, the UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak and our own Prime Minister Anthony Albanese have announced the deal and it is huge. As…