Joint media release: The Hon Michael McCormack MP, Shadow Minister for International Development and the Pacific The Coalition welcomes the release of Australia’s new International Development Policy. The policy sets an important marker to identify and direct support to the key challenges facing Australia and our friends and partners in the Pacific and across…
One week out from its National Conference, it’s clear Labor’s factions have forced the Albanese Government into another about-face in relation to Australia’s policies on Israel and the Palestinian territories. Labor’s back-room decisions on Israel and the Palestinian territories have everything to do with managing factional differences ahead of the Labor National Conference and…
Topic: Israel, Voice 07:50AM AEST Wednesday, 9 August 2023 Michael Rowland: Back to politics now with the Federal Government is set to strengthen its objection to Israeli settlements in the West Bank, the Palestinian territory occupied by Israel, in a move which has prompted questions from the Opposition. The Government has decided now…
Topics: Australia’s International Development Policy; PM meeting with Xi Jinping; wine 07:50AM AEST 08 August 2023 Peter Stefanovic: Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has flagged a potential meeting with China’s Xi Jinping next month. It comes as the Government prepares to release its new Overseas Development Policy today which aims to counter Beijing’s Belt…
Joint statement: Hon Kevin Hogan MP, Shadow Minister for Trade and Tourism Today’s announcement that China will remove what we have always perceived as illegal and punitive tariffs on Australian barley is welcome. For tariffs that we believe should never have been imposed in the first place, this was the only acceptable outcome.…
Topics: Voice to Parliament; Trump indictment; Australia-US relationship; Sofronoff inquiry; 09:25AM AEST 4 August 2023 Laura Jayes: Joining me live now is a Shadow Foreign Minister, Simon Birmingham. Thanks so much for your time. The Voice debate, it’s getting messy, It’s getting more acrimonious, more divisive. Where is this all headed? Simon Birmingham. …
Senator BIRMINGHAM (South Australia—Leader of the Opposition in the Senate) (15:10): I move: That the Senate take note of all answers given by ministers to questions without notice asked by the coalition today. In particular, I wish to focus on the answer to the question that I asked of Senator Farrell, representing the Minister for Resources,…
Topics: Beer tax; RBA rates decision; Housing fund; 07:45AM AEST 1 August 2023 Peter Stefanovic: Let’s go to Canberra. Joining us, Shadow Foreign Affairs Minister Simon Birmingham. All feeds into the cost of living, doesn’t it? Simon, good to see you. We’re not smiling over that increase in beer costs, though, but- Just start…
Topics: Housing fund; JobSeeker 09:45AM ACST 31 July 2023 David Bevan: Welcome Simon Birmingham. Simon Birmingham: Good morning, David. Good to be with you. David Bevan: Simon Birmingham, lots happening in federal parliament in Canberra this week. Chief among them will be this renewed debate over housing. Now the Government is reintroducing…
Topics: Taipan helicopters; JobSeeker; 08:02AM AEST 31 July 2023 Simon Birmingham: Good morning. All of our thoughts are clearly with the families of the four Australian Defence Force personnel missing as a result of the Taipan helicopter crash. These four personnel, our uniform, they serve our nation and sadly, we see these sorts of…