Topics: Visa checks; Albanese Government failing border protection; Government terms; 04:25AM AEDT 22 February 2024 Greg Jennett: Well, there’s a few topics around today in the news with an international focus. We’re joined this afternoon as we regularly are by Shadow Foreign Minister and Opposition Senate Leader Simon Birmingham, who joins us from Adelaide.…
Topics: Labor failing Australian border security; Murder of Alexei Navalny; 07:45AM AEDT 20 February 2024 Pete Stefanovic: You’re back with First Edition, folks. Thanks for your company. Let’s bring in the Shadow Foreign Affairs Minister, Simon Birmingham. Now, Simon, good to see you. Simon Birmingham: G’day. Pete. Good to be with you. …
Topics: Continuous shipbuilding under threat for South Australia; 08:05AM AEDT 19 February 2024 David Penberthy: Simon Birmingham is a Senator for South Australia and the Federal Opposition Leader in the Senate. We have him on the line now. Senator, thanks for your time. This sounds like a pretty well sourced story tomorrow. Where do…
Topics: Illegal boat arrivals; Israel-Hamas conflict; Parliament House conduct; 07:45AM AEDT 19 February 2024 Sally Sara: Well, as we’ve heard, the Opposition has seized on the arrival of asylum seekers in WA as evidence that the federal government is weak on border protection. Simon Birmingham is the Shadow Minister for Foreign Affairs and…
Joint media statement: The Hon Peter Dutton MP, Leader of the Opposition The Federal Coalition congratulates Prabowo Subianto on his election as the next President of Indonesia. The sustained prosperity of Indonesia holds immense importance and benefit for our region. Australia has long had a deep connection to Indonesia as one of our nearest neighbours.…
Joint media release: The Hon Michael McCormack MP, Shadow Minister for International Development and the Pacific Minister for International Development and the Pacific, Pat Conroy, has been caught out misleading over the extent of his prior knowledge of Nauru’s decision to switch diplomatic recognition from Taiwan to China. The Minister had claimed to have been…
Topics: Unemployment rates; Rafah joint government statement; Parliament House workplace; PM engagement; 04:20PM AEDT 15 February 2024 Kieran Gilbert: The Leader of the Opposition in the Senate, Simon Birmingham, is with us this unemployment number today. You never like to see unemployment go up. As Andrew said, historically 4.1% is still pretty low, if…
Joint statement: The Hon Andrew Hastie MP, Shadow Minister for Defence The Coalition welcomes the announcement of an additional $50 million contribution to the International Fund to Ukraine (IFU) as we approach two years since the beginning of Russia’s illegal and immoral war against Ukraine. The Opposition wholeheartedly supports Ukraine’s defence against Russia and recognises…
Joint statement: The Hon Andrew Hastie MP, Shadow Minister for Defence In yet another failure of leadership, Defence Minister Richard Marles was a no-show when it came to standing up for our brave sailors who were attacked by a People’s Republic of China destroyer in November last year. Senate Estimates revealed today that while…
Joint statement: The Hon Andrew Hastie MP, Shadow Minister for Defence The Hon David Fawcett, Senator for South Australia The Albanese Government must immediately clarify why it will not respond to new evidence and instruct Defence to pause the burial of Australia’s MRH-90 Taipan helicopters. Labor has made various excuses as to why Australia is…