Topics: ASEAN Summit; 10-year anniversary of MH370; Sweden joins NATO; 09:20AM AEDT 8 March 2024 Cheng Lei: Australia and South East Asian leaders have signed a statement that encourages peace, security and stability in the South China Sea. The so-called Melbourne Declaration was agreed to at the ASEAN summit this week, as concerns…
Topics: Paid parental leave super; Labor’s car tax; Nuclear power discussion; US Administration; 04:05PM AEDT 7 March 2024 Greg Jennett: Simon Birmingham, welcome back to Afternoon Briefing. Once again. Why don’t we start out on paid parental leave with the government suggesting that the budget will contain costings and support for the application…
Topics: Protest closing West Gate Bridge; Coalition energy plan; Nuclear energy; ASEAN summit; Home Affairs funding cuts; 08:45AM AEDT 5 March 2024 Raf Epstein: Simon Birmingham joins us. He is the Shadow Minister for Foreign affairs. He’s one of the Liberal Senators for South Australia as well. Good morning. Simon Birmingham: Good…
Topics: Coalition energy plan; Nuclear energy; South East Asia clean energy investment; 07:45AM AEDT 5 March 2024 Pete Stefanovic: Well, the Coalition’s nuclear energy proposal is expected to include large scale nuclear reactors, not just small modular reactors. Joining us live now, the Shadow Foreign Affairs Minister, Simon Birmingham. Simon. Good to see…
Topics: Dunkley byelection; Energy policy; Prime Minister of Malaysia visit for ASEAN summit; 02:45PM AEDT 4 March 2024 Tom Connell: Welcome back. A lot of dissection of the Dunkley result after the weekend’s by election. Joining me now is Shadow Foreign Affairs Minister Simon Birmingham. Thank you for your time. What was your take?…
Topics: Rally Adelaide Parliament House steps; 08:45AM ACDT 4 March 2024 David Bevan: Simon Birmingham is the Shadow Foreign Affairs Minister here and South Australia’s most senior Liberal. And he joins us now. Good morning, Simon Birmingham. Simon Birmingham: Good morning, David. Good morning, everyone. David Bevan: You were at the…
Topics: Senator Linda White 10:05AM AEDT 1 March 2024 Cheng Lei: Victorian Labor Senator Linda White has passed away. We just heard the news from Prime Minister Anthony Albanese. Joining me now is Shadow Foreign Affairs Minister Simon Birmingham. [Senator] Birmingham, thank you so much for staying around. Of course, we did hear that…
The Coalition extends its sympathy to the family and friends of Senator Linda White, following her untimely passing. We also extend our sympathy to Senator White’s staff, those who worked with her, her colleagues across the union movement and the Labor Party. Elected to the Senate in 2022, in Senator White’s short time…