With Shadow Minister for Climate Change and Energy, Ted O’Brien MP Topics: South Australia is ready to have a mature discussion about nuclear power; Time to Talk Nuclear; Australians suffering under the energy crisis; National Cabinet; Gas; Nuclear-powered submarines; Liberal Party diversity; 10:20AM ACDT 6 December 2022 Simon Birmingham: Well, thanks for coming…
Topics: Delegation to Taiwan; AUSMIN; AUKUS; ANU election survey; Voice to Parliament; 7:35AM AEDT 6 December 2022 Patricia Karvelas: A cross-party delegation of Australian backbenchers are visiting Taiwan this week and it’s starting to cause a bit of a stir. Chinese state media, The Global Times, has written that the politicians from certain countries who…
Topics: Stolen Medibank data leak; Labor Government behind the Eightball to fix energy crisis; Voice to Parliament; Labor’s political stunt in the House; 10:28AM AEDT 1 December 2022 Journalist: I just wanted to get your reaction to the latest Medibank information- well, the release of Medibank data? Simon Birmingham: Many Australians will rightly…
Topics: Labor’s political stunt in the House; Labor Government behind the Eightball to fix the energy crisis; Ongoing protests in China; 10:20AM AEDT 1 December 2022 Laura Jayes: Let’s bring in now the Shadow Foreign Minister, Simon Birmingham. Simon Birmingham, thanks for your time. In the other place in oppose to the Senate, The House yesterday…
Topics: Virginia Bell Morrison report 05:25PM ACST 25/11/22 Jules Schiller: Simon Birmingham is a Liberal Senator for South Australia. He’s been good enough to join us as well. Welcome, Simon Birmingham. Simon Birmingham: Hey Jules, it’s good to be with you. Jules Schiller: Would you support a censure motion against Scott Morrison, your…
Topics: Morrison ministries; NACC; Senate legislation agenda; 09:25AM AEDT 25 November 2022 Journalist: Simon, Josh Frydenberg has vented his feelings about the many Morrison ministries. He says it amounted to extreme overreach taking over Treasury. Do you agree with him? Simon Birmingham: I think the latter decisions were a form of overreach. There’s…
Topics: Resettled ISIS families in Western Sydney; Morrison ministries; World Cup protests; Sanctions on Iran; 09:25AM AEDT 25 November 2022 Laura Jayes: The Shadow Foreign Minister, Simon Birmingham joins us. Thanks so much for your time, Senator. This is something that your government dealt with at the height of the risk, if you…
Topics: Australia-Pacific defence relations; Wages; China-Pacific police cooperation; Pacific Island Forum; 11:45AM AEDT 23 November 2022 Journalist: Senator, what do you make of the meeting that Richard Marles has now had his second with his counterpart? The possibility of dialogue resuming between our two militaries, would that be a good thing? Simon Birmingham: As I’ve…
Topics: Australia-China relationship; Australia-Pacific defence relations; Election outcomes; Sanctions; 11:30AM AEDT 23 November 2022 Tom Connell: Joining me live now, Shadow Foreign Affairs Minister Simon Birmingham for more on this. An interesting juncture in China relations, this is going on, you know we’re sort of continuing to press the case and our influence, but also trying…
Topics: Government rushing legislation; COP27 loss and damage fund; Australia-Pacific relations; Sanctions; Australia-China relationship; FIFA World Cup in Qatar; 01:30PM AEDT 21 November 2022 Henry Belot: Well, to get more on this and to discuss a big week of international diplomacy, I spoke with the Shadow Foreign Minister a short time ago. Simon Birmingham, thanks…