Australia risks again falling behind like-minded partners supporting Ukraine unless the Albanese Government moves to quickly back the G7 agreement to a $50 billion USD loan for Ukraine obtained through frozen Russian assets. Having claimed legal difficulties as justification to not use Russian assets, the Albanese Government now needs to stop finding excuses to not…
Topics: Coalition policy to raise social media age limit; Chinese President visit to Australia; Adelaide pandas; Redirecting funds of seized Russian assets; SA political donations ban proposal; 04:10PM ACST 13 June 2024 Greg Jennett: Simon Birmingham, welcome back once again to Afternoon Briefing. We’ve got some foreign affairs matters to get to in…
Topics: Steele Hall 08:05AM ACST 11 June 2024 David Penberthy: Well, as we said at the start of the program, it was a sad day, and somewhat strange day for the South Australian Liberal Party, where in the space of just a few hours two of the party’s greats, former Premier and Senator and…
Steele Hall was legend of South Australian politics. Steele stands tall in the history of our state and the Liberal Party as a reformer, an orator and a man of principle willing to stand by his values. As both a state and federal Member of Parliament and a Senator, Steele transcended state and federal politics…
Today in Senate Estimates the Albanese Labor Government confirmed they had no shame in slogging Australians a further 15 per cent for their passports and making the Australian passport the world’s most expensive, as part of a $349 million backdoor tax grab. From 1 July, Labor will have twice hiked up the price of passports…
35 years ago in Beijing’s Tiananmen Square, peaceful protests were ended by a shameful use of Chinese military force. Australia remembers the tragic loss of life on 4 June 1989 and we continue to call upon Chinese authorities to accept responsibility. The Coalition remains deeply concerned about continuing and increasing constraints on freedom of association,…
Joint media release: The Hon Andrew Hastie MP, Shadow Minister for Defence 31 May 2024 For the first time since 2012 Australia will have half of the Collins Class submarine fleet out of the water and out of action under the incompetent mismanagement of the Albanese Labor Government. Senator Simon Birmingham in Senate estimates this…
Joint media release: Senator Susan McDonald, Shadow Minister for Resources 31 May 2024 The Coalition’s support for Ukraine in its war against Russia’s invasion is absolute and unwavering, which is why we welcome the Albanese Government’s commitment of an additional $31 million to support energy and humanitarian needs. However, questions need to be answered by…
The Coalition is appalled by the guilty verdicts handed down against democracy defenders in Hong Kong today. The verdicts imposed under Hong Kong’s draconian national security laws include a guilty verdict against Australian, Gordon Ng. We urge the Albanese Government to raise Australia’s concerns, particularly for Mr Ng as well as other defenders of democracy…
Joint media release: The Hon Andrew Hastie MP, Shadow Minister for Defence, Defence Industry and Defence Personnel It’s been over three weeks since a People’s Liberation Army (PLA) jet fired flares at a Royal Australian Navy (RAN) Seahawk, and still, Prime Minister Albanese nor a single Labor minister has spoken directly to their Chinese counterpart…