Joint media release: Senator James Paterson, Shadow Minister for Home Affairs and Shadow Minister for Cyber Security The Albanese government must explain why it has rejected official requests from Ukraine for cyber assistance to help the nation defend against malicious Russian cyber attacks and information operations. Ukrainian and Australian officials have acknowledged that Ukraine…
Topic: Defence Strategic Review 08:30 AM ACDT Wednesday, 26 April 2023 David Bevan: Simon Birmingham is the Shadow Minister for Foreign Affairs, he joins us now. Good morning, Senator Birmingham. Simon Birmingham: Good morning. It’s good to be with you all. David Bevan: It’s easy for us ordinary people to get lost…
Topics: ANZAC Day, Defence Strategic Review; Sudan; 07:45AM AEST Tuesday, 25 April 2023 Peter Stefanovic: You’re back with First Edition folks, thank you so much for your company this Anzac Day morning. Well, joining us live now, the Shadow Foreign Affairs Minister, Simon Birmingham. Simon, good to see you. Thanks for your time this…
The Opposition welcomes Prime Minister Albanese’s delayed acceptance to attend the NATO Leaders’ Summit in July. In what should have been an obvious and swift yes to the invitation the Prime Minister finally has acknowledged the importance of this event and agreed to make time for it. As one of the AP4 to…
Topics: Solicitor-General advice released on the Voice; Solomon Islands security pact with Melanesia; Mining opportunities for New Caledonia; 10:55AM AEST Friday, 21 April 2023 Journalist: What do you made of the solicitor general’s advice over the voice? Do you think this will ease coalition concerns? That it may lead to legal challenges? Simon…
Topics: NSW Liberal Leader; Solicitor-General advice released on the Voice; 10:45AM AEST Friday, 21 April 2023 Laura Jayes: Mark Speakman, who you will know if you live in New South Wales, has been elected the new leader of the Liberal Party in New South Wales and will lead that party in Opposition. He is…
Topics: Voice; Wong NPC speech; Keating criticism; Chalmers to spend more and put pressure on Australians 07:45AM AEST Tuesday, 18 April 2023 Pete Stefanovic: You’re watching First Edition. Thanks for your company, folks. Well, let’s go to the Shadow Foreign Affairs Minister, Simon Birmingham. Simon, good to see you. Thanks for your time this…
Topics: Foreign Minister NPC speech had more omissions than inclusions; Julian Assange; Voice to Parliament; Changes to commodity price assumptions; 03:35PM AEST Monday, 17 April 2023 Andrew Clennell: Well, no real winners during a Taiwan conflict. You couldn’t have told me that before. It’s pretty obvious, isn’t it? Watching on to the speech was…
Topics: China to review sanctions on Australian barley 10:10 AM AEST Saturday, 15 April 2023 Michael McLaren: Now, on Tuesday afternoon, we had the Foreign Affairs Minister, Penny Wong, announced that China had promised to conduct an expedited review of the tariffs over the next three months and that in return, Australia would temporarily…
Topics: Child abuse in Alice Springs; The Voice; 09:20AM AEDT Friday, 14 April 2023 Laura Jayes: Welcome back. Sky News has just revealed the shocking extent of child abuse in the Northern Territory as the issue became a political football in Alice Springs this week. Peter Dutton has called for a royal commission into…