Topics: President of Philippines; Australia’s Red Sea response; ASIO DG warnings; 08:45AM AEDT 29 February 2024 Simon Birmingham: Thank you. Just a couple of quick comments before I get into meetings this morning. But I did want to acknowledge it’s a very important day for the Parliament with President Marcos of the Philippines…
Topics: Press Club Address – Ambassador of Ukraine & Kateryna Argyrou 01:35PM AEDT 28 February 2024 Journalist: …the Ambassador’s calls today? Simon Birmingham: Absolutely. There’s a desperate need for a quick and strong response from the Albanese Government. It is clear that too many opportunities have been missed in recent times, be it…
Topics: Madi Gras decision; Palestinian Authority & government resign; Stage three tax cut legislation; Home ownership; 07:45AM AEDT 27 February 2024 Pete Stefanovic: Well, one of our top stories is that New South Wales Police have been uninvited from the Mardi Gras this weekend. Let’s go to Canberra now. Joining us is the Shadow…
Joint media statement: The Hon Peter Dutton MP, Leader of the Opposition The Hon Andrew Hastie MP, Shadow Minister for Defence Two years ago, war returned to Europe. Many in the West finally awoke from the naïve dream of the ‘end of history’. The cruel reality of a return of history hit home as…
Topics: Proposed Navalny Act sanctions; Calls for Labor to apply more sanctions on Russia; Julian Assange; 09:15AM AEDT 23 February 2024 Laura Jayes: The Shadow Foreign Affairs Minister, Simon Birmingham, joins us now. Are you convinced? Simon Birmingham: LJ, I think there are real merits in terms of what Bill Browder has been…
Topics: Visa checks; Albanese Government failing border protection; Government terms; 04:25AM AEDT 22 February 2024 Greg Jennett: Well, there’s a few topics around today in the news with an international focus. We’re joined this afternoon as we regularly are by Shadow Foreign Minister and Opposition Senate Leader Simon Birmingham, who joins us from Adelaide.…
Topics: Labor failing Australian border security; Murder of Alexei Navalny; 07:45AM AEDT 20 February 2024 Pete Stefanovic: You’re back with First Edition, folks. Thanks for your company. Let’s bring in the Shadow Foreign Affairs Minister, Simon Birmingham. Now, Simon, good to see you. Simon Birmingham: G’day. Pete. Good to be with you. …
Topics: Continuous shipbuilding under threat for South Australia; 08:05AM AEDT 19 February 2024 David Penberthy: Simon Birmingham is a Senator for South Australia and the Federal Opposition Leader in the Senate. We have him on the line now. Senator, thanks for your time. This sounds like a pretty well sourced story tomorrow. Where do…
Topics: Unemployment rates; Rafah joint government statement; Parliament House workplace; PM engagement; 04:20PM AEDT 15 February 2024 Kieran Gilbert: The Leader of the Opposition in the Senate, Simon Birmingham, is with us this unemployment number today. You never like to see unemployment go up. As Andrew said, historically 4.1% is still pretty low, if…
Topics: Albanese Government missing in action on safety and security; Defence recruitment; Released detainees; Doxxing laws; Israel-Hamas conflict; 08:00AM AEDT 13 February 2024 Simon Birmingham: The Senate Estimates revelations show that the Prime Minister really continues to be missing in action when it comes to matters of national security and the important role of…