Joint media release: Senator James Paterson, Shadow Minister for Cyber Security and Countering Foreign Interference Senator Claire Chandler, Assistant Shadow Minister for Foreign Affairs The Coalition strongly welcomes today’s application of targeted sanctions by the Australian Government against certain individuals responsible for horrific human rights abuses. The Magnitsky-style sanctions applied upon 13 individuals…
Joint media release: Senator James Paterson, Shadow Minister for Cyber Security and Countering Foreign Interference Senator Claire Chandler, Assistant Shadow Minister for Foreign Affairs Today, one year has passed since Australia’s Magnitsky-style and other thematic sanctions laws came into effect. The new laws, passed by the Coalition with bipartisan support, enable Australia to…
Joint media release Senator Claire Chandler, Assistant Shadow Minister for Foreign Affairs The Federal Opposition welcomes the decisions taken in the special session of the UN Human Rights Council on the deteriorating human rights situation in the Islamic Republic of Iran. The horrific human rights abuses and violence in Iran since the death of Mahsa…
The Coalition welcomes the verdict of the District Court of the Hague in the Netherlands finding three pro-Russian individuals guilty of downing Malaysia Airlines Flight MH17. We welcome the Court imposing sentences of life imprisonment for these crimes and the finding that the Russian Federation controlled the separatist forces guilty of the murder of the…
Australian Financial Review 29 September 2022 Some things in politics are as predictable as the sun rising in the east. One such predictability is that a new government will seek to undermine the legacy of its predecessor. With great audacity, the Albanese Government is transparently deploying this tactic against the economic management of the…
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…
Lest we forget. Those three words send a shiver down the spine of many when spoken on Australian days of remembrance. We remember not only those who served but why, creating a powerful link between the lessons of the past and the threats of the future. Today we mark two anniversaries, neither of which…
Topics: Criminal deportation; Australia-New Zealand relationship; AUKUS submarines; Asylum seekers; Laura Jayes: Joining me live now is the Shadow Foreign Minister, Simon Birmingham. Congratulations on your new role in opposition. Simon Birmingham, first of all, on this issue of deportation, do you think Jacinda Ardern has a point when she says that New Zealanders…
Having been appointed Shadow Minister for Foreign Affairs I look forward to the opportunity to contribute in this critical policy space. Australia has an important role to play in a challenging world. We are the world’s thirteenth largest economy, sixth largest land mass and strategically placed at the heart of the Indo-Pacific. As a proud…
The Morrison Government is investing $3 million to build a new state-of-the-art Community Hub for the Marino Community. Minister for Finance and Senator for South Australia, Simon Birmingham said the new hub would be a major boost for the Marino community. “The existing Marino Community Hall is in need of replacement, having been…