Topics: New UK Prime Minister Liz Truss; 06/04/2022 07:05AM AEST David Penberthy: …Prime Minister in six years. She defeated Rishi Sunak in the Conservative Party leadership contest and will travel to meet the Queen at Balmoral in Scotland to formalise the position. Now her former role was as foreign minister in the Johnson government,…
I congratulate Liz Truss on her election as Leader of the Conservative Party and as the next Prime Minister of the United Kingdom. A great friend to Australia and a champion of stronger ties between our nations, Liz Truss is a defender of democratic freedoms and a warrior against those who seek to undermine…
5 September 2022 Second Reading – Restoring Territory Rights Bill 2022 I rise to join this debate on the Restoring Territory Rights Bill 2022, a bill that, across the major parties, is quite rightly a free or conscience vote in its consideration. I rise to join Senator Gallagher in supporting this bill. The bill for…
5 September 2022 Senate Motion – Condolences I rise in support of the motion moved by the Leader of the Government in the Senate and to associate the coalition parties with the words and sentiments expressed by the Leader of the Government in the Senate. There can be no doubt that Mikhail Gorbachev was one…
5 September 2022 Senate Motion – Afghanistan I rise to also speak in support of the motion noting the first anniversary of the fall of Kabul, a motion which I am pleased to co-sponsor with the Leader of the Government in the Senate and Senator Payman, for whom this motion brings extremely personal reflections. I…
Topics: Government not addressing cost of living pressures; Fuel excise; TikTok; 05/09/2022 7:48AM AEST Simon Birmingham: Anthony Albanese went to the election, promising full employment, real wages growth, productivity gains. He comes out of this Jobs and Skills Summit, seemingly fixated on giving the trade union movement what their number one demand was.…
Topics: Cost of living pressures; Climate target legislation; Solomon Islands 05/09/2022 7:32AM AEST Peter Stefanovic: Joining us live is a Shadow Foreign Affairs Minister, Senator Simon Birmingham. Simon, good to see you. Thanks for your time this morning. So, as we just mentioned there, the fuel excise is to be returned in…
Topics: Jobs summit; migration cap; UN assessment of Uyghurs treatment in China; 02/09/2022 9:20AM AEST Laura Jayes: Let’s go live to the Shadow Foreign Minister, Simon Birmingham for some reaction. Simon Birmingham, great to see you. We’ve just seen a figure finally put on that migration cap, 195,000. Is that about right,…
Joint statement: Senator Claire Chandler, Shadow Assistant Minister for Foreign Affairs The Coalition supports the public release today of the Assessment by the United Nation’s Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet. This report finds that serious human rights violations have been committed in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region of the People’s…
Joint statement: Senator James Paterson, Shadow Minister for Cyber Security, Shadow Minister for Countering Foreign Interference The Coalition is deeply concerned about media reports claiming that Chinese state-backed cyber criminals have sought to target sensitive Australian government agencies and media companies. These actions, if corroborated by our security agencies, represent a significant threat to…