Topics: Australia should oppose UN motion; Labor’s bad housing policy; Business worse off under Labor; US political violence; 07:45AM AEST 17 September 2024 Pete Stefanovic: Now the US is pressuring Australia to vote down a UN motion demanding Israel withdraw from Gaza and the West Bank. The draft legislation proposed by the Palestinian Authority…
DetailsTopics: Australia should reopen embassy in Kyiv; Assasination attempt on Trump; Quad meeting; Albanese needs to give up bad policy; Senate sitting week; 04:15PM AEST 16 September 2024 Greg Jennett: Just on a different front, though, with the Senate sitting, that means Labor’s Senate Leader and Foreign Minister Penny Wong is in Canberra. There’s…
DetailsAs always when I’m in Canberra, I called my kids last night. Our youngest, just turned 12, asked what I would be doing over the next day. I mentioned that I would be speaking to an important group about Australia’s relations with China. She said, “will you be talking about how we like China, dislike…
DetailsTopics: Social media age limits; RBA-Chalmers; 07:45AM AEST 10 September 2024 Pete Stefanovic: Anthony Albanese will announce social media restrictions this morning that aims to stop kids from accessing social media because of the scourge of online bullying. Joining us live now is the Shadow Foreign Affairs Minister, Simon Birmingham, for his thoughts on…
DetailsTopics: Gaza visas; RBA-Chalmers; Ukraine 0920AM AEST 6 September 2024 Laura Jayes: Joining me now is the Shadow Foreign Affairs Minister, Simon Birmingham, live from Adelaide. Good to see you. First of all, just on that individual’s case, trying to bring his elderly mother from Gaza. He’s taken a bit of a shot at…
DetailsTopics: Ukraine; PIF, EPA 04:20PM AEST 2 September 2024 Greg Jennett: We want to go to London now, Shadow Foreign Minister, Simon Birmingham’s there for talks with the UK Government after visits to Ukraine and other Eastern European nations in recent days. Simon Birmingham joins us live from a street somewhere, I guess, downtown,…
DetailsTopics: Ukraine; refugee policy 07:30AM AEST 2 September 2024 Steve Cannane: Ukraine’s Defence Minister, Rustem Umerov, has been in Washington DC, lobbying the Biden administration to drop restrictions that prevent the country from using long range weapons to strike deeper into Russian territory. And that argument dominated proceedings at the Globesec talks in Prague…
DetailsTopics: Re-opening Kyiv Embassy. 8.20PM AEST 29 August 2024 Sharri Markson: Now the Coalition has vowed to safely re-open Australia’s embassy in Ukraine if they win the next election saying that Labor’s stubborn refusal to do so has undermined our reputation as a reliable international ally. Shortly after Russia invaded Ukraine in February 2022,…
DetailsTopics: Re-opening Kyiv Embassy; 06:45AM AEST 29 August 2024 Kenny Heatley: The hometown of Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has been struck by a Russian missile. It happened yesterday while residents of the central city were observing a day of mourning. Eight people were injured in the attack which targeted civilian infrastructure. The Coalition has…
DetailsTopics: Re-opening Kyiv Embassy; 06:15AM AEST 29 August 2024 Sabra Lane: The Federal Coalition is promising to reopen Australia’s embassy in Ukraine immediately if it’s elected at the next election, which is expected before May next year. The Shadow Foreign Minister, Simon Birmingham, is currently in Kyiv. I spoke with him a short time…
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