Topics: Israel-Hamas conflict; UN General Assembly resolution; EU FTA; 08:45AM AEDT Monday, 30 October 2023 Raf Epstein: The Shadow Minister for Foreign Affairs and part of Peter Dutton’s opposition is Simon Birmingham. He is also Liberal Senator for South Australia. Good morning. Simon Birmingham: Good morning Raf. Good to be with you. …
Topics: Israel-Hamas conflict; Labor trickery on foreign aid budget; 04:05PM AEDT Thursday, 26 October 2023 Matt Doran: Well, the Foreign Minister is tied up in Senate Estimates hearings today, but we are joined by her Shadow Liberal Senator, Simon Birmingham. Senator, welcome to Afternoon Briefing. The sentiment that Penny Wong has expressed there about…
Topics: Hamas hostages released; PM should visit Israel; Microsoft announcement; 07:54AM AEDT Tuesday, 24 October 2023 Pete Stefanovic: Well, let’s go back to Canberra now because joining us is the Shadow Foreign Minister Simon Birmingham. Simon, good to see you as always. So, we’ve had that positive news that’s come from Gaza this last…
Topics: Microsoft announcement; Australia’s support for Israel; 08:02AM AEDT Tuesday, 24 October 2023 Journalist: Senator, big announcement in Washington this morning. A $5 billion investment from Microsoft into essentially cybersecurity for Australia working with the ASD. Is this a welcome announcement? Simon Birmingham: Any investment in Australia is welcome and the previous Coalition…
Topics: Israel-Hamas conflict; PM visit to US; China tariffs on Australian wine; Voice; Royal Commission into child sexual abuse; 09:20AM AEDT Sunday, 22 October 2023 David Speers: Simon Birmingham, welcome to the program. Simon Birmingham: Good morning. David. Good to be with you. David Speers: Is Israel, in your view, engaging in…
Joint media release: Andrew Hastie MP, Shadow Minister for Defence Senator James Paterson, Shadow Minister for Home Affairs and Cyber Security 20 October 2023 The Government’s release of its decision not to cancel the Port of Darwin lease, without standing up and explaining the decision, is an appalling display of weak leadership by the Prime…
Topics: Israel; Lebanon; PM travel to Israel 09:20AM AEDT Friday, 20 October 2023 Danica De Giorgio: Australians are being advised not to travel to any part of Lebanon as the situation in nearby Israel and Gaza escalates. The travel advice for Lebanon has changed to ‘do not travel’ because of the volatile security situation.…
TOPICS: Aviation inquiry, Alan Joyce, Pacific Relations, AIS 18 OCTOBER 2023 E&OE… BRIDGET MCKENZIE Well, today is a dark day for Australian families. The Prime Minister has revealed who he really backs in this country and it’s not mums and dads travelling. It’s not the business traveller. It is actually his crony capitalist mates, rich…
Joint media release: Senator the Hon Bridget McKenzie, Shadow Minister for Infrastructure, Transport and Regional Development Senator Dean Smith, Shadow Assistane Minister for Competition, Charities and Treasury 18 October 2023 Today Prime Minister Albanese revealed that he is prepared to put the interests of arrogant and greedy corporates like Qantas ahead of the interests…
Topics: Israel conflict; 07:55AM AEDT 17 October 2023 Simon Birmingham: We continue to see a deeply troubling situation unfolding in the Middle East. We should never forget the cause of these troubles, and the cause of the enormous humanitarian challenges that are unfolding. That is that Hamas is the cause of the loss of life in…