Thank you very much for that welcome and for the opportunity to be with you all once again for this important parliamentary breakfast this year. I’d like to acknowledge the Ngunnawal and Ngambri peoples of the Canberra area and all of Australia’s traditional custodians. To Pat Conroy, Minister for International Development, thank you very much…
DetailsTopics: AUKUS announcement; Chinese Foreign Minister visit to Australia; Paul Keating meeting; Ambassador Rudd; 09:45AM AEDT 22 March 2024 Laura Jayes: Australia will send billions of dollars to the United Kingdom to help build these nuclear reactors, to power our fleet of AUKUS submarines. Joining me now is Shadow Foreign Affairs Minister Simon…
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DetailsTopics: Chinese Foreign Minister visit to Australia; Religious discrimination legislation; Liberal Party; 07:45AM AEDT 20 March 2024 Patricia Karvelas: China’s Foreign Minister Wang Yi will meet with Penny Wong today, marking Beijing’s most high profile visit to Australia since relations between the two nations broke down in 2017. There are strong signals from China.…
DetailsTopics: Chinese Foreign Minister visit to Australia; Religious discrimination legislation; 07:25AM AEDT 20 March 2024 Simon Birmingham: I look forward to meeting later today with Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi and welcome him to Australia. The period during which China refused to have, and ceased to have ministerial level dialogue with Australia was counterproductive…
DetailsTopics: Trade Minister snubs US as closest ally; SA Liberal Party; 08:20AM AEDT 19 March 2024 Jules Schiller: South Australian Senator, Shadow Minister for Foreign Affairs and Leader of Opposition in the Senate, Simon Birmingham. What do you have to say to our New Zealand listeners as you break the news to them…
DetailsTopics: Chinese Foreign Minister visit to Australia; Trade Minister snubs US as closest ally; SA Liberal Party; 08:20AM AEDT 19 March 2024 David Lipson: The Chinese foreign minister, Wang Yi, will be welcomed to Canberra, but it’s a meeting planned with former prime minister Paul Keating that’s raised eyebrows in parliament and defence…
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DetailsTopics: Trade Minister snubs US as closest ally; Chinese Foreign Minister visit to Australia; 07:45AM AEDT 19 March 2024 Ben Fordham: Well, Don Farrell, the trade minister, is no stranger to putting his foot in his mouth and he’s done it again. And this time he somehow managed to offend a global superpower.…
DetailsTopics: Trade Minister snubs US as closest ally; Paul Keating meeting with Chinese Foreign Minister; eSafety Commission action; Housing crisis; 07:32AM AEDT 19 March 2024 Pete Stefanovic: Trade Minister Don Farrell has caused a stir by claiming the US is not Australia’s closest international partner. Rather, New Zealand is. [EXCERPT] Don…
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