Topics: Labor’s migration bill blunder; 07:45AM AEDT 28 March 2024 Patricia Karvelas: The government’s controversial migration bill that could jail asylum seekers who refuse to cooperate with moves to deport them, was rejected by the Senate on the last sitting day before the budget. The Coalition and the Greens voted for the legislation…
The Senate today missed an opportunity to maintain a strong and moral stance against Hamas terrorists and their ongoing cause of bloodshed. The Coalition sought to amend the Senate motion supported by the Labor and the Greens to better reflect the terms of the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) motion and also to reflect important…
Topics: UK & US cyber-attacks; Cyber laws; Labor’s fuel efficiency U-turn; Julian Assange; Religious Discrimination Bill; Supermarkets; 07:55AM AEDT 26 March 2024 Simon Birmingham: Overnight, we’ve seen both UK and US authorities make statements in relation to cyber-attacks that have been seen in their countries. In particular, we’ve seen attribution to Chinese entities of…
Topics: UN Security Council resolution; Julian Assange; Labor’s fuel efficiency U-turn; Wages; 07:45AM AEDT 26 March 2024 Pete Stefanovic: Well, relations between Israel and the US are at a low ebb after Benjamin Netanyahu cancelled a planned trip by a delegation to the Washington to Washington, I should say, after the US abstained from…
Rowan Ramsey’s representation of his electorate of Grey over the last 17 years has been marked by tireless efforts to listen to communities across Grey, passionately represent them and demonstrate effective leadership within them. Rowan truly has gone the extra mile to represent this vast electorate, indeed he has clocked up hundreds of thousands…
Thank you very much for that welcome and for the opportunity to be with you all once again for this important parliamentary breakfast this year. I’d like to acknowledge the Ngunnawal and Ngambri peoples of the Canberra area and all of Australia’s traditional custodians. To Pat Conroy, Minister for International Development, thank you very much…
Topics: AUKUS announcement; Chinese Foreign Minister visit to Australia; Paul Keating meeting; Ambassador Rudd; 09:45AM AEDT 22 March 2024 Laura Jayes: Australia will send billions of dollars to the United Kingdom to help build these nuclear reactors, to power our fleet of AUKUS submarines. Joining me now is Shadow Foreign Affairs Minister Simon…
Topics: Opposition meeting with Chinese Foreign Minister; Ambassador Rudd; 04:50PM AEDT 20 March 2024 Greg Jennett: Senator, welcome. We will get to Kevin Rudd, I promise. But as you’ve come directly- Simon Birmingham: We don’t have to. Greg Jennett: We will, we will. I think we might have discussed it before by…
Topics: Chinese Foreign Minister visit to Australia; Religious discrimination legislation; Liberal Party; 07:45AM AEDT 20 March 2024 Patricia Karvelas: China’s Foreign Minister Wang Yi will meet with Penny Wong today, marking Beijing’s most high profile visit to Australia since relations between the two nations broke down in 2017. There are strong signals from China.…
Topics: Chinese Foreign Minister visit to Australia; Religious discrimination legislation; 07:25AM AEDT 20 March 2024 Simon Birmingham: I look forward to meeting later today with Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi and welcome him to Australia. The period during which China refused to have, and ceased to have ministerial level dialogue with Australia was counterproductive…