Joint media release: Senator Claire Chandler, Shadow Assistant Minister for Foreign Affairs 31 August 2023 Today marks one year since the significant report by the United Nations Human Rights Office found human rights violations, including possible crimes against humanity, have been committed against Uyghurs and other ethnic minorities in the Xinjiang region of…
DetailsJoint media release: The Hon Peter Dutton, Leader of the Opposition The Hon Andrew Hastie, Shadow Minister for Defence As Ukraine today marks its Independence Day, we reinforce our commitment to Ukraine and its people. This 32nd Independence Day comes 18 months after Russia’s illegal and immoral invasion. Despite the struggles Ukraine has faced…
DetailsThis Sunday is the third anniversary of Cheng Lei’s detention in China. Cheng Lei’s message to Australians, being reported week, is both touching in its poignancy, but heartbreaking in the cruelty it exposes and reinforces, yet again, why her detention should end. Anniversaries such as this are another opportunity to highlight the plight of Ms…
DetailsJoint media release: The Hon Michael McCormack MP, Shadow Minister for International Development and the Pacific The Coalition welcomes the release of Australia’s new International Development Policy. The policy sets an important marker to identify and direct support to the key challenges facing Australia and our friends and partners in the Pacific and across…
DetailsOne week out from its National Conference, it’s clear Labor’s factions have forced the Albanese Government into another about-face in relation to Australia’s policies on Israel and the Palestinian territories. Labor’s back-room decisions on Israel and the Palestinian territories have everything to do with managing factional differences ahead of the Labor National Conference and…
DetailsJoint statement: Hon Kevin Hogan MP, Shadow Minister for Trade and Tourism Today’s announcement that China will remove what we have always perceived as illegal and punitive tariffs on Australian barley is welcome. For tariffs that we believe should never have been imposed in the first place, this was the only acceptable outcome.…
DetailsWe recently passed 500 days since the beginning of Russia’s brutal, illegal and immoral invasion of Ukraine. World leaders marked the grim anniversary with statements of support and, in many cases, further commitments to the materials and training needed to help Ukraine in its battle. For the people of Ukraine, this milestone is obviously one…
DetailsThe Hon Andrew Hastie MP, Shadow Minister for Defence Senator James Paterson, Acting Shadow Minister for Foreign Affairs The Opposition welcomes the government’s announcement of further support to Ukraine in the form of 30 additional Bushmaster vehicles. For some time, the Opposition has been calling on the government to provide additional Bushmasters to Ukraine, which…
DetailsEngagement matters, but outcomes matter even more. As Anthony Albanese prepares to head to Lithuania for the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO) Leaders’ Summit he should be thinking about the long-term opportunities this meeting provides for Australia to further strengthen our security partnerships, via a more permanent relationship with NATO. Regrettably, this is a…
DetailsJoint media release: The Hon Peter Dutton MP, Leader of the Opposition Sen James Paterson, Acting Shadow Minister for Foreign Affairs The Hon Andrew Hastie MP, Shadow Minister for Defence Today marks 500 days of courage and heroism by Ukraine to defend their sovereignty in the face of the illegal and immoral invasion launched…
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