ABC Radio – RN Breakfast

Topics: MH17, Cost of living; Newspoll; Labor marginal seat spending; 15/03/2022 07:05AM ACST   Patricia Karvelas: Australia has escalated its battle with Russia over the downing of Malaysian Airlines flight MH17, which killed almost 300 people, including 38 Australians. The Australian and Dutch governments have launched legal action in the International Civil Aviation Organisation, seeking…

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ABC News – News Breakfast

Date: Tuesday, 15 March 2022 Topic(s): MH17; Fuel excise; Cost of living; Labor marginal seat spending; Lisa Millar:  Senator Birmingham, the Finance Minister thanks for joining us.   Simon Birmingham: Good morning, Lisa. Good to be with you.   Lisa Millar: Look, there’s a couple of issues kicking around. We have been talking about the cost of living. I’ll…

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Sky News Live – First Edition

Date: Tuesday, 15 March 2022 Topic(s): Fuel excise; Cost of living; Labor marginal seat spending; US sanctions on China; Peter Stefanovic:  Joining me live now is the Finance Minister, Simon Birmingham. Minister, good morning to you. I know you’re going to point to the budget here, but will you cut fuel excise?   Simon Birmingham: Well, good morning,…

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Sky News Live, AM Agenda with Laura Jayes

Date: Friday, 11 March 2022 Topic(s): Kimberley Kitching; Flood crisis; Laura Jayes:  Let’s go live now to the Finance Minister, Simon Birmingham. Thanks so much for your time, Minister. Appreciate it. First of all, Kimberley Kitching, she’s been remembered even by her opponents as such, a great patriot and a kind person this morning. Is that…

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Interview on Sky Sunday Agenda, with Andrew Clennell

Topic(s): Ukraine; QLD floods Andrew Clennell: Let’s bring in Finance Minister Simon Birmingham, we’re seeing some resistance from the Ukraine? Simon Birmingham: Andrew, thanks for the opportunity, as you have heard from interviews in your lead up, you can see strong resistance occurring from Ukrainian people, the Ukrainian forces. And their resistance is indeed a resistance to be…

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Interview on ABC RN Drive with Andy Park

Topic(s): Ukraine Andy Park: Simon Birmingham is the Acting Foreign Minister. Senator Birmingham, welcome to the program. Simon Birmingham: Can I acknowledge who you had on before. What a very strong and powerful advocate she is for Ukrainian people. Andy Park: It brings it home when she speaks about her own boyfriend fighting on the front.…

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Interview on 4BC, Drive with Scott Emerson

Date: Friday, 25 February 2022 Scott Emerson: The Prime Minister has announced a new round of sanctions aimed at ensuring Russia pays a cost for the terrible violence inflicted on the people of Ukraine amid concerns about the negligible impact of the early rounds of sanctions. Scott Morrison says he is working with NATO to provide non-lethal…

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Interview on 2GB, Drive with Jim Wilson

Topic(s): Ukraine Simon Birmingham: Good afternoon, Jim. It’s good to be with you as always. Jim Wilson: Oh, it’s terrible. It’s terrible what’s unfolding. And as acting Foreign Minister, we know that there are Australians in Ukraine. Do we know if any of them? What’s the state of play there as far as any reports of casualties? Simon…

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