Topic: UKFTA comes into force; Economic outlook; Coalition; Voice to Parliament; 09:45AM AEST Wednesday, 31 May 2023 Laura Jayes: Joining me live now is the Shadow Minister for Foreign Affairs, Simon Birmingham, also from Adelaide. I called it a town, but it’s a beautiful city. Who would you be going for if you were…
Joint media release: Senator James Paterson, Shadow Minister for Homes Affairs, Shadow Minister for Cyber Security The Australian Government’s decision to join with our Five Eyes partners to publicly attribute malicious cyber activity to the People’s Republic of China is welcome. The advisory, issued this morning by the Australian Cyber Security Centre, has…
Topic: Prime Minister Modi visit to Australia; Australia-India relationship; 04:10PM AEST Wednesday, 24 May 2023 Kieran Gilbert: Back to local politics and with me is the Shadow Foreign Minister, Simon Birmingham, Local in a way, but we’re talking about the Indian leader who’s here, and that was quite an extraordinary welcome for him last…
Joint media statement: The Hon Peter Dutton MP, Leader of the Opposition It is time the Chinese Government brought closure to the case of Australian citizen Ms Cheng Lei and released her from detention. Today marks 1,000 days since Ms Cheng was unjustly detained in China in August 2020. Ms Cheng has been held…
Topic: Commonwealth infrastructure projects under suspicious review; 08:30 AM ACDT Monday, 1 May 2023 Will Goodings: Speaking of where the country may well be going, The Oz has a story this morning that potentially has ramifications for South Australia. The Infrastructure and Transport Minister federally, Catherine King, will a little bit later today announce…
Joint media release: Senator James Paterson, Shadow Minister for Home Affairs and Shadow Minister for Cyber Security The Albanese government must explain why it has rejected official requests from Ukraine for cyber assistance to help the nation defend against malicious Russian cyber attacks and information operations. Ukrainian and Australian officials have acknowledged that Ukraine…
The Opposition welcomes Prime Minister Albanese’s delayed acceptance to attend the NATO Leaders’ Summit in July. In what should have been an obvious and swift yes to the invitation the Prime Minister finally has acknowledged the importance of this event and agreed to make time for it. As one of the AP4 to…
Topics: Voice; Wong NPC speech; Keating criticism; Chalmers to spend more and put pressure on Australians 07:45AM AEST Tuesday, 18 April 2023 Pete Stefanovic: You’re watching First Edition. Thanks for your company, folks. Well, let’s go to the Shadow Foreign Affairs Minister, Simon Birmingham. Simon, good to see you. Thanks for your time this…
Topics: Child abuse in Alice Springs; The Voice; 09:20AM AEDT Friday, 14 April 2023 Laura Jayes: Welcome back. Sky News has just revealed the shocking extent of child abuse in the Northern Territory as the issue became a political football in Alice Springs this week. Peter Dutton has called for a royal commission into…
Topics: Prime Minister declines invitation to NATO; China reviews Australian barley sanctions; the Voice to Parliament; 02:05PM AEDT Wednesday, 12 April 2023 Kieran Gilbert: Joining me live now is the Shadow Foreign Minister, Simon Birmingham. Thanks for your time. You were critical of the Prime Minister earlier in the day when it appeared he…