Topics: vandalism of campaign signs, cost of living, Queensland Premier poor judgement NEIL BREEN: Home Affairs Minister, MP for McPherson on the Gold Coast, joins us on a Wednesday, she’s on the line. Good morning, Minister. KAREN ANDREWS: Good morning Neil, how are you? NEIL BREEN: I’m well, thanks. Election campaigns always bring out some stupid stuff, there’s…
Subjects: Actions of China; Labor’s refusal to back Operation Sovereign Borders by refusing to back Temporary Protection Visas. PAUL MURRAY: Minister thanks so much for the chat. Let’s not muck around here; this is a sovereign country. A sovereign country can make its own decisions but also its own mistakes and it’s also very obvious that…
Subjects: : Solomon Islands and Chinese interference, ASIO recruitment, Gold Coast campaign EO&E………………………………………………………… NEIL BREEN: Karen Andrews joins me every Wednesday on the show, how are you this morning Minister? KAREN ANDREWS: I’m going well, thanks Neil. How are you? BREEN: Well thanks, but you know, I think Australians would feel frightened today with the talk…
Subjects: Solomon Islands, fairness in sport, Labor’s inadequacy on border protection and a Labor-Greens alliance. NEIL BREEN: Good morning Minister. KAREN ANDREWS: Hello Neil, how are you? BREEN: I’m well thanks. So, if anyone thinks that this Solomon Islands/China situation is ‘oh, they’re just helping them out with their domestic troubles, making sure that, you know,…
Subjects: Morrison Government’s strong border protection policies, Labor’s back-flipping and flip-flopping on our borders. EO&E………………………………………………………… PATRICIA KARVELAS: The bid to pick a fight with Labor over energy policy coincides with efforts to place border protection at the forefront of the campaign – with the PM warning that an Albanese government would see asylum seeker boats start…
Subjects: Anthony Albanese’s offshore processing gaffe EO&E. CHRIS KENNY: Let’s go to the Minister in charge of this area. Karen Andrews joins us live from the Gold Coast. Thanks for joining us. What is wrong with that first formulation from Anthony Albanese? If he could turn back all the boats, sure he wouldn’t need offshore processing. KAREN ANDREWS:…
SIMON KENNEDY: On the second day of the election campaign before we head to the polls on May 21, it’s great to have Minister Andrews here in Bennelong with a very important announcement that I think the 45,000 families of Bennelong are going to be very interested in. KAREN ANDREWS: Well, thank you very much, Simon. It’s…
Topics: Morrison Government’s funding to support disaster emergency first responders LUCY WICKS: Good morning, everyone, and thank you so much for being here. This is a really important announcement that is very close to my heart. We’ve seen a number of challenges here on the Central Coast. And our first responders, those people like the…
Topics: Safer Communities funding helping WA Indigenous youth, Department of Home Affairs staff KIRSTY MCSWEENEY: Good morning. My name’s Kristy McSweeney. I’m the Liberal candidate for the federal seat of Swan in Western Australia. I’d like to pay my respects to elders past, present and emerging, and thank Bennett and Co. Welcome to this fantastic…
Topics: Russian diplomats in Australia, Queensland floods, Labor Party’s weak drug policies, election date. PETER STEFANOVIC: Well, joining us live now is the Home Affairs Minister Karen Andrews. Minister, good morning. Good to see you. Thanks for your time as always. I just want to start with Russian diplomats, because Labor has announced last night…