Topics:PM China visit; Australia-China relationship; Israel-Hamas conflict, 09:25AM AEDT Friday, 3 November 2023 Laura Jayes: Good to see you. Senator, first of all, Anthony Albanese leaves to China tomorrow. It’s a pretty historic trip and one that I think is a good sign. But what does a successful trip for Anthony Albanese look like in your…
Thursday, 2 November 2023 Cameron Stewart: Fascinating observations about the situation we’re in right now. I’d like to start off with the biggest story in the world. Just weeks ago, of course, 14 other Israelis were killed by Hamas. We now have a terribly large amount of Gazan civilians being killed. The divisions in…
Economic and Social Outlook Conference Thursday, 2 November 2023 Crowne Palladium, Melbourne VIC Well, thanks very much, Cameron, for that fabulously gloomy introduction. And here we stand between all of you and cocktail hour, as it was just billed, with the very depressing topics to discuss. So, let me start by saying I’m an optimist.…
Topics: High Court Benbrika; Dr Yang Hengjun; PNG refugee funds investigation; Israel 04:05PM AEDT 1/11/23 Matt Doran: The Home Affairs Minister Clare O’Neil wasn’t available for interview this Wednesday. Simon Birmingham is the shadow Foreign Minister. He’s acting as the shadow Home Affairs Minister at the moment and was a member of the Coalition’s…
Wednesday, 1 November 2023 Prof. Peter Dean: Thank you so much, Senator, for that. Mike, please take note next time we need a fire for the fire side chat. Great broad ranging speech. I particularly love any speech that uses the phrase forlorn hope. I think we all we can all look forward to, hopefully,…
Keynote Address Wednesday 1 November 2023 Disruption [Thanks/greetings omitted] Let’s face it, the world has rarely been a stable place. If it was, we would still be cave dwellers and hunter-gatherers. Today we are in a time of a growing number of regional wars and facing the threat of greater conflict. We…
Topics: Condolences for Mark Dreyfus; Dr. Yang Hengjun; PM China visit; Israel-Hamas conflict; Mr. Benbrika: Pacific Island Games security; 11:40AM AEDT 1 November 2023 Simon Birmingham: Thanks very much for coming today. At the outset, I would like to convey personal condolences and also condolences of the Opposition to Attorney General Mark Dreyfus on the sad death of his wife, Deborah.…
Topics: Dr. Yang Hengjun; China visit; Israel conflict 0810 AEDT 1 November 2023 Patricia Karvelas: The sudden release of Australian-Chinese journalist, Cheng Lei, after three years in detention has raised hopes that another Australian jailed in China, Yang Hengjun, could also be freed. In a letter to the Prime Minister, the friends and family of…
Topics: Joint former Prime Ministers’ letter; Israel-Hamas conflict; 08:15AM AEDT Tuesday 31 October 2023 Pete Stefanovic: Well, let’s go straight to the Shadow Foreign Affairs Minister, Simon Birmingham, and we will start off with this letter, I should say, signed by all former living Australian Prime Ministers, Simon, except one Paul Keating. So, it…
Joint media release: Senator the Hon Bridget McKenzie, Shadow Minister for Infrastructure, Transport and Regional Development 31 October 2023 South Australian sporting and community organisations are waiting a hell of a long time for the Albanese Government to deliver on its community infrastructure election commitments, with 85 per cent of funding promised by…