Topics: Thank you and farewell. 08:35AM AEDT 29 November 2024 David Penberthy: Well, it was a political bombshell that absolutely nobody saw coming. Simon Birmingham, who for many years has been a Liberal senator for South Australia, he served at the highest levels under Malcolm Turnbull, Scott Morrison, Tony Abbott. Suddenly announced yesterday afternoon…
Topics: Thank you and farewell. 08:05AM AEDT 29 November 2024 Jules Schiller: David Bevan has joined us in the studio to interview Simon Birmingham. Welcome, David. David Bevan: Good morning, Jules. Good morning, Sonya. Simon Birmingham. Really significant figure in not only South Australian politics but national politics. Sonya Feldhoff: And for…
Topics: Social media reforms; Thank you and farewell. 07:45AM AEDT 29 November 2024 Peter Stefanovic: Let’s go to Canberra now. Simon Birmingham is there. The Shadow Foreign Minister who has called time on his career. We’ll get to that in a moment. Simon, good to see you, by the way. So the Prime Minister…
Topics: Thank you and farewell. 07:25AM AEDT 29 November 2024 Michael Rowland: Okay, now, the opposition Senate leader, Simon Birmingham, has announced he’ll retire from politics and not seek re-election next year after almost two decades in Parliament. Senator Birmingham serves as the Shadow Foreign Minister and also the Coalition’s leader in the Senate.…
Topics: Thank you and farewell. 07:35AM AEDT 29 November 2024 Patricia Karvelas: Veteran Liberal Senator Simon Birmingham will retire from federal politics at the next election after serving 17 years in the Senate. The South Australian has previously been the Minister for Trade and Tourism as well as the Minister for Finance. He currently…