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…
Details5 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…
DetailsTopics: 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.…
DetailsTopics: 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…
DetailsTopics: 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,…
DetailsJoint 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…
DetailsJoint 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…
DetailsMikhail Gorbachev was one of the towering figures of his era. With the death of the last leader of the Soviet Union, we remember one of the most significant world leaders of the 20th century, who helped bring an end to the Cold War that cast a shadow over the world for half a century.…
DetailsTopics: Labor government international relations; Jobs summit; Labor can bring forward child care subsidy increases; 30/08/2022 11:15AM AEST Tom Connell: On foreign affairs, it’s so far been pretty sure-footed effort, including from Penny Wong. So what are the thoughts from the shadow foreign affairs minister Simon Birmingham? He joins me now from our…
DetailsTopics: Ministerial appointments; Solicitor-General report; Christine Holgate; Jobs summit; Ukraine embassy in Canberra; 25/08/2022 07:52AM AEST Patricia Karvelas: Well, the Prime Minister has promised an independent investigation into the secret assumption of power by his predecessor. But attention is now turning to what bureaucrats and former advisers knew and when. Simon Birmingham is…
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