Joint Press Conference – Vanuatu

Topics: Bilateral security agreement between Australia and Vanuatu; launch of Guardian class patrol vessels; security in the Pacific; death of Constables Rachel McCrow and Matthew Arnold. 13 December 2022   Penny Wong, Foreign Minister: Look, it’s really great to be here with the bipartisan delegation from Australia, and I want to make some comments about what…

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Press conference – Port Vila, Vanuatu

Topics: Bipartisan visit to Pacific Islands; Australia-Vanuatu diplomatic relations; Climate change; Pacific Islands Labour Mobility Scheme; BO Declaration; Australian Infrastructure Financing Facility for the Pacific; Education; Bid to host COP. 12 December 2022 Jotham Napat, Vanuatu Foreign Minister: Senator Honourable Penny Wong, Minister for Foreign Affairs, Australia; Honourable Pat Conroy, Minister for International Development of Australia;…

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Sky News Live – AM Agenda

Topics: Government too slow to finding energy crisis relief; Bipartisan trip to the Pacific; 9:50AM AEDT 9 December 2022 Laura Jayes: Joining me live now is the Shadow Foreign Affairs Minister, Simon Birmingham. Simon Birmingham, thanks so much for your time. Energy is what we’ve all been talking about for many weeks now. We had the budget…

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ABC Radio – RN Breakfast

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…

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Doorstop – Parliament House, ACT

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…

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Sky News Live – AM Agenda

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…

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ABC Radio – 891 Adelaide Drive

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…

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Doorstop – Parliament House, ACT

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…

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Sky News Live – AM Agenda

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…

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