Joint media release: Senator Claire Chandler, Assistant Shadow Minister for Foreign Affairs The Opposition will today bring an urgency motion to the Senate calling on the Albanese Labor Government to deliver a further package of assistance to Ukraine. We urge all parties to support this motion to maintain Australia’s strong and bipartisan support for…
Topic: Allegations in the Senate; 04:20PM AEST Friday, 16 June 2023 Journalist: Should Senator Van resign? Simon Birmingham: It would be entirely appropriate for Senator Van to reflect upon his position in the Senate. Journalist: Does that mean you think he should resign? Simon Birmingham: That’s what you would do if…
Topic: Allegations in the Senate; Katy Gallagher has questions to answer; Land lease for Russian embassy terminated; 04:05PM AEST Friday, 16 June 2023 Matt Doran: Well, the Leader of the Opposition in the Senate is South Australian Liberal Senator Simon Birmingham. He joins me now in the studio. Senator, welcome back to Afternoon Briefing.…
Topic: Allegations made in the Senate, Katy Gallagher has questions to answer; 04:14PM AEST Thursday, 15 June, 2023 Andy Park: Liberal Senator David Van says he accepts the decision of Peter Dutton to remove him from the party room after independent Senator Lidia Thorpe used parliamentary privilege to accuse him of sexually harassing and…
Joint media release: The Hon Andrew Hastie MP, Shadow Minister for Defence The Opposition once again calls on the Albanese Labor Government to deliver urgent support to Ukraine as allies increase their efforts. The United States this week authorised its 40th drawdown for Ukraine, which will deliver $325USD million worth of military assistance.…
Topic: Katy Gallagher has questions to answer; 07:50AM AEST Tuesday, 13 June, 2023 Peter Stefanovic: Finance Minister Katy Gallagher is facing mounting pressure to reveal her involvement in the Brittany Higgins rape allegation. The coalition is demanding Ms. Gallagher disclose whether she encouraged Brittany Higgins to go to police before making her rape allegation…
Topic: Urgent support needed for Ukraine; China-Australia relationship; EU-FTA negotiations; 05:08PM AEST Thursday, 8 June, 2023 Andy Park: The Federal Opposition is increasing the pressure on the Labor Government to increase support for Ukraine in its battle against the Russian invasion. A Coalition letter to the Foreign Minister, Penny Wong and Defence Minister Richard…
Topic: Labor putting pressure on the economy; Urgent support needed for Ukraine; 09:20AM AEST Thursday, 8 June, 2023 Laura Jayes: Let’s go live to Adelaide now. The Shadow Foreign Minister, Simon Birmingham joins us. Simon Birmingham, first of all, I want to talk about the economy at the moment and what Ross just said…
Joint media release: The Hon Andrew Hastie MP, Shadow Minister for Defence The Albanese Government must explain why they are delaying the delivery of further assistance to Ukraine, despite urgent calls for support. It is deeply concerning that no new or additional funding for Ukraine was included in Labor’s May Budget in support of their…
Topic: RBA interest rate decision; Power prices keep going up; Australians granted clemency in Vietnam; 07:50AM AEST Tuesday 6 June, 2023 Peter Stefanovic: I want to bring in the Shadow Foreign Affairs Minister, Simon Birmingham. We’ll just keep that conversation going for now. Simon, good to see you. Thanks for your time this morning.…