Topics: Senate aviation inquiry; Mike Pezzullo; 07:35AM AEST 26 September 2023 Pete Stefanovic: Let’s go live to Brisbane now. Joining us is the Shadow Foreign Affairs Minister, Simon Birmingham. Simon and it is good to see you as always. I do want to start with aviation and in particular Qantas today because the pilots union has got…
Topics: Covid inquiry; Budget; Rupert Murdoch; 09:20AM AEST 22 September 2023 Laura Jayes: Let’s go live now to the Shadow Foreign Affairs Minister, Simon Birmingham. Simon Birmingham, thanks so much for your time. Simon Birmingham: Morning, LJ. Laura Jayes: This Covid inquiry if it was to look at the premiers, it would…
Topics: Voice campaign; Select Committee Air Services Inquiry; 07:10AM AEST 19 September 2023 Pete Stefanovic: Joining us live now from Adelaide is Shadow Foreign Affairs Minister Simon Birmingham. Simon, what’s going on in Adelaide? A bit of heckling about for the No campaigners last night. What did you make of it? Simon Birmingham:…
Joint media release: The Hon Andrew Hastie MP, Shadow Minister for Defence 16 September 2023 Two years ago, the Coalition government struck the AUKUS deal alongside our close partners, the United States and the United Kingdom. It was an historic moment for Australia, forging the pathway to acquiring nuclear-powered submarines for the Royal Australian…
Topics: SA Premier visit to China; Voice debate; Senator Marise Payne 09:20AM AEST 15 September 2023 Laura Jayes: Joining us now from Adelaide is the Foreign Affairs Minister Simon Birmingham. Thanks so much for your time. Simon. Do you think this is a good thing for premiers to be making these kinds of representations, or should…
13 September 2023 Senator BIRMINGHAM (South Australia—Leader of the Opposition in the Senate) (17:31): There are very few people, particularly very few senators, who I could compare with or draw an analogy to involving a horse and not land myself in trouble, but I suspect that my dear friend Marise—or, at least, I hope—as a…
Joint media release: Shadow Assistant Minister for Foreign Affairs, Senator Claire Chandler 13 September 2023 The Iranian-Australian community will be devastated at the Government’s refusal to accept or implement the majority of the 12 recommendations of the Senate inquiry on human rights implications of recent violence in Iran. The diaspora community has waited…
Topics: Qatar Airways decision is costing Australians; Parliamentary Workplace Support Service; 07:58AM AEST 12 September 2023 Simon Birmingham: University of Sydney data shows that Labor’s decision to not approve additional flights from Qatar could cost the Australian economy $1 billion a year. It’s $1 billion a year less for our tourism industry, in terms…
Topics: Kim Jong Un visit to Russia; Ukraine; HAFF bad policy; 07:45AM AEST 12 September 2023 Pete Stefanovic: Well, let’s bring in the Shadow Foreign Affairs Minister, Simon Birmingham. Simon, good to see you. Thanks for your time. So, this meeting, should the West be uneasy about this? Simon Birmingham: Well, this is…
Joint media release: Senator Claire Chandler, Shadow Assistant Minister for Foreign Affairs 12 September 2023 The Federal Opposition stands with the Iranian-Australian community as the first anniversary of the death of Mahsa Jina Amini and the Women, Life, Freedom movement approaches this Saturday 16 September. Over the last 12 months we have sat with and…