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…
Topics: ASIO DG warning; Philippines-Australia relations; 05:35PM AEDT 29 February 2024 David Lipson: Well, Senator Simon Birmingham is the Shadow Minister for Foreign Affairs. He’s also a member of the Parliamentary Joint Committee on Intelligence and Security. He joined me earlier. Senator Birmingham, thanks for being with us. You want the Home Affairs…
Topics: President of Philippines; Australia’s Red Sea response; ASIO DG warnings; 08:45AM AEDT 29 February 2024 Simon Birmingham: Thank you. Just a couple of quick comments before I get into meetings this morning. But I did want to acknowledge it’s a very important day for the Parliament with President Marcos of the Philippines…
Topics: Press Club Address – Ambassador of Ukraine & Kateryna Argyrou 01:35PM AEDT 28 February 2024 Journalist: …the Ambassador’s calls today? Simon Birmingham: Absolutely. There’s a desperate need for a quick and strong response from the Albanese Government. It is clear that too many opportunities have been missed in recent times, be it…
Remarks at the National Press Club today by Ambassador of Ukraine, Vasyl Myroshnychenko and Kateryna Argyrou, representing the Australian Federation of Ukrainian Organisations, delivered a powerful message today – Ukraine needs support from Australia. Shadow Minister for Foreign Affairs Senator Simon Birmingham said the stark message delivered today reiterated the desperate calls Ukraine has been…
Topics: Madi Gras decision; Palestinian Authority & government resign; Stage three tax cut legislation; Home ownership; 07:45AM AEDT 27 February 2024 Pete Stefanovic: Well, one of our top stories is that New South Wales Police have been uninvited from the Mardi Gras this weekend. Let’s go to Canberra now. Joining us is the Shadow…
Joint media statement: The Hon Peter Dutton MP, Leader of the Opposition The Hon Andrew Hastie MP, Shadow Minister for Defence Two years ago, war returned to Europe. Many in the West finally awoke from the naïve dream of the ‘end of history’. The cruel reality of a return of history hit home as…
Topics: Proposed Navalny Act sanctions; Calls for Labor to apply more sanctions on Russia; Julian Assange; 09:15AM AEDT 23 February 2024 Laura Jayes: The Shadow Foreign Affairs Minister, Simon Birmingham, joins us now. Are you convinced? Simon Birmingham: LJ, I think there are real merits in terms of what Bill Browder has been…