Topics: US request of Israel; Heckling of Penny Wong; PNG NRL team; Prime Minister’s house purchase; 04:15PM AEST 16 October 2024 Greg Jennett: Simon Birmingham. You’re back. Welcome to the program once again. Why don’t we start with the pressure being applied by the Biden administration to the Netanyahu government really asking for additional…
Topics: US requests Israel to allow humanitarian aid into Gaza; Ambassador Rudd’s book; Prime Minister’s house purchase; 07:35AM AEST 16 October 2024 Simon Birmingham: Joining us is Simon Birmingham, the Shadow Foreign Minister. Let’s start there. Do you think that letter was necessary, Simon? Simon Birmingham: G’day. Pete, it’s good to be with…
Topics: Labor’s trashed Australia’s bipartisan position; Aussies in Lebanon who ignored warnings should pay for ticket home; Election speculation; 09:25AM AEST 11 October 2024 Laura Jayes: The former Queensland premier says in The Australian this morning “a two-state solution in the Middle East is a daydream. Unless all parties accept Israel’s right to exist…
Topics: Australia-China relationship; Aussies in Lebanon who ignored warnings should pay for ticket home; Middle East conflict; 07:25AM AEST 11 October 2024 Patricia Karvelas: China’s four-year campaign against Australian exports appears to be, well, over after Beijing confirmed it would lift restrictions on Australian lobsters. Prime Minister Anthony Albanese confirmed the trade would resume…
9 October 2024 Today, the Coalition has secured the support of the Senate to stand with Israel and affirm its inherent right to defend itself and protect its citizens. In a remarkable 24 hours, the Albanese Labor Government has once again changed its position, reinforcing its internal confusion and division over Labor’s position on Israel.…
Topics: Israel takes out Hezbollah leaders; Parliament October 7 motion; Albanese’s Tourettes comment; 08:05AM AEST 9 October 2024 Michael Rowland: But first to that breaking news this hour that Israel says it has killed senior Hezbollah leaders who may have taken over leadership of the armed terror group. For his take, let’s bring in…
Senate Chamber, Parliament House Tuesday, 8th October 2024 At 6:29 a.m. on the 7th of October 2023, the music stopped at the Nova Festival in Re’im. 12 months ago yesterday, those festival goers, young people dancing, enjoying a weekend out, living the life that so many young Australians do at similar festivals, stopped and…
Topics: Iranian Ambassador to Australia 1610 AEST 4 October 2024 Clinton Maynard: Now, I think we’ve given the Iranian Ambassador a fair go. He clearly has zero respect for Australia. Earlier in the year, in August, the Government summonsed him because he’d made antisemitic social media posts where he described Israel as a ‘Zionist…
Topics: Iranian Ambassador to Australia 0905 AWST 4 October 2024 Gary Adshead: First up though, there’s a diplomatic row now ensuing in Canberra. It surrounds comments by the Iranian Ambassador to Australia. His name is Ahmad Sadeghi. He has been posting on social media about, well, he’s been making some horrendous comments about Israel…
Topics: Iranian Ambassador to Australia 1015 AEST 4 October 2024 Cheng Lei: (Following package piece) Thanks a lot for that Liv, and in fact, to keep talking about this issue, is Shadow Foreign Affairs Minister, Simon Birmingham. Simon, great to see you. So just on that point, do you think it’s more important to…