Joint media release: Senator James Paterson, Shadow Minister for Home Affairs and Shadow Minister for Cyber Security The Hon Andrew Hastie MP, Shadow Minister for Defence 23 January 2024 The Coalition welcomes the Albanese Government’s decision today to apply cyber sanctions for the first time under Australian laws and impose further sanctions on individuals and…
Topics: Protests; Israel-Gaza conflict; Stage three tax cuts; 09:25AM AEDT 23 January 2024 Raf Epstein: Simon Birmingham is the Shadow Foreign Minister and Senator for South Australia. Welcome. Simon Birmingham: Good morning, Raf. Good to be with you. Raf Epstein: We’ve had these significant protests in our port and also a…
Topics: Dr Yang Hengjun; Israel; Iran-Pakistan 09:35 AEDT 19 January 2024 Thomas Oriti: First this half hour, it’s now been five years since the Australian writer, Yang Hengjun, was taken into custody in China on suspicion of spying and the Foreign Affairs Minister Penny Wong says the Government will keep pressuring Beijing to release…
It is five years today since Dr Yang Hengjun was detained in China. It is completely unacceptable that delays in Dr Yang’s case continue, with no transparency over his charges, sentencing or potential release. The unjust detention of Dr Yang is distressing, especially for his loved ones. This distress is compounded by reports…
The Coalition congratulates Dr Lai Ching-te on his election as President of Taiwan following yesterday’s election. Taiwan is an important, valued partner and friend of Australia. Through these elections we have seen that the Taiwanese people share with Australians a strong commitment to the values of a liberal democracy. As representatives of a strong…
Interview on Sky News Live with Kenny Heatley Topics: Bomb threat in Botany; DP World industrial relations dispute; Taiwan election; 07:45AM AEDT 9 January 2024 Kenny Heatley: The bomb squad was called in to investigate a homemade explosive device placed on a car in Sydney’s south. A bomb disposal robot inspected the scene before…
Topics: Botany bomb threat; 07:15AM AEDT 9 January 2024 Mark Levy: Now this story showed up yesterday just after we came off air and it simply disgusting. A suspicious device which looked a lot like a homemade bomb, was planted on a car outside a home in Sydney, South New South Wales Police were…
Topics: Australian reportedly killed in Gaza, Lebanon travel advice; Albanese Government failing to support Ukraine: 02:20PM AEDT 2 January 2024 Danica De Giorgio: An Australian, has reportedly been killed while fighting with the Israel Defence Forces in Gaza. It’s understood Captain Lior Sivan was killed by Hamas militants on December 19th, while fighting…
Revelations that the Albanese Government is sitting on a request for more coal shipments from Australia are another sign of Labor’s unreliability hurting Australia’s reputation. Given Australia provided coal to help with Ukraine’s energy needs ahead of their last winter, a commitment made by the previous Coalition Government, the Albanese Government should have offered months…