Topics: Palestinian visa holder detained; PMO obfuscates again on Qatar decision; US-Australia relationship; 07:45AM AEDT 5 November 2024 Kenny Heatley: Welcome back. Thanks for being here. A senior home affairs bureaucrat has confirmed a Palestinian visa holder’s application has been revoked on character grounds, and he has been placed in onshore detention. The Opposition is…
DetailsTopics: Labor prolonging student debts; US elections; Australia-US relationship; Trump/Ukraine; Safety for politicians; Flight upgrades; 08:20AM AEDT 3 November 2024 Andrew Clennell: Well, joining me live, also from Adelaide, is the Shadow Foreign Affairs Minister, Simon Birmingham, ahead of this US election. I’ll get to that in a minute. Simon Birmingham, thanks for joining me.…
DetailsThe report released by the Australian National Audit Office (ANAO) on the procurement practices of the Australian Passport Office has revealed unethical and grave misuse of taxpayer’s money. The Australian Passport Office (APO) is meant to provide Australians with an official government document and adhere to the Commonwealth Procurement Rules to administer this service. The…
DetailsTopics: UNRWA; Jim Chalmers rank hypocrisy on COVID spending; Questions of Albanese’s influence on Qatar flights; 0820 AEDT 30 October 2024 Kenny Heatley: Joining me live is Shadow Foreign Affairs Minister Simon Birmingham. Simon, do you share the Foreign Minister, Penny Wong’s concerns about Gaza? If UNRWA is ultimately not able to operate following this…
DetailsTopics: Senate estimates 25 October 2024 Tom Ravlic: Hello and welcome to Critical Line Item, my name is Tom Ravlic. Thank you for joining me for this particular podcast. Governments can be somewhat less than transparent in the normal course of business, just the way governments work. But at various points in time, parliamentarians,…
DetailsTopics: China accusations of Australia; Jim Chalmers’s distraction from real inflation problem; Lidia Thorpe; 1020 AEST 25 October 2024 Laura Jayes: China has accused Australia of systemic racism after a diplomat raised human rights concerns against Uyghurs at the UN. A China Foreign Ministry spokesperson criticised Australia for politicising human rights issues. Joining me…
DetailsTopics: Lidia Thorpe; 1020 AWST 24 October 2024 Gary Adshead: Let’s go to Simon Birmingham, Leader of the Opposition in the Senate, as I said, thanks very much for your time, Simon. Simon Birmingham: G’day, Gary. It’s good to be with you. Gary Adshead: All right. Now, look, I’ve gone through a…
DetailsTopics: Lidia Thorpe; 1135 AEST 24 October 2024 Dan Bourchier: Let’s get more now on the federal opposition seeking legal advice to determine if Senator Lidia Thorpe is eligible to remain in Parliament. The Shadow Foreign Minister, Senator Simon Birmingham, joins us now from Adelaide. Welcome to the program. What is the advice you’re…
DetailsTopics: Lidia Thorpe; 0805 ACDT 24 October 2024 David Penberthy: Well, let’s kick Breaking at 8 off by listening to what Lidia Thorpe had to say about the oath that she swore, because it is the subject of today’s breaking an oath. [EXCERPT] Lidia Thorpe: I swore allegiance to the Queen’s hairs.…
DetailsTopics: Lidia Thorpe’s outburst; 0755 AEST 22 October 2024 Journalist: First of all, just your reaction to the senator’s outburst yesterday. Simon Birmingham: Clearly, Lidia Thorpe’s actions were reprehensible. I think it’s important for Australians and the rest of the world to know that her actions don’t reflect the vast majority of Indigenous…
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