Topics: 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…
DetailsTopics: Re-opening Kyiv Embassy; 0710 AEST 29 August 2024 Bridget Brennan: Well, the Coalition has unveiled plans to re-establish an Australian Embassy in Kyiv if it wins the next federal election. To tell us more, we’re joined from the Ukrainian capital by the Shadow Foreign Minister, Simon Birmingham. Welcome to the program. Thanks a…
DetailsTopics: Passage of CFMEU legislation; Gaza visas; Deep fake porn legislation; 07:45AM AEST 20 August 2024 Simon Birmingham: Thank you. I start by welcoming the passage yesterday of legislation that will place the CFMEU into administration. It’s important that this legislation has passed. It’s critical that it passed with Coalition amendments to strengthen it…
DetailsTopics: Gaza visas; 07:45AM AEST 20 August 2024 Kenny Heatley: You’re watching First Edition. Joining me live is Shadow Foreign Affairs Minister Simon Birmingham. Simon, thanks for your time this morning. Simon Birmingham: Morning, Kenny. Kenny Heatley: US Secretary of State Antony Blinken says Israel has accepted a US backed proposal for…
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