Now: Chief Political Correspondent 🗳 Was: Chief International Correspondent ✈️ @SBSNews 🇦🇺 Brett.Mason@sbs.com.au📍#Canberra via #BatemansBay
Jul 9, 2020 • 18 tweets • 14 min read
“That national security law constitutes a fundamental change of circumstances in respect to our extradition agreement with Hong Kong. And so Australia today has taken steps to suspend our extradition agreement.” Australian Prime Minister @ScottMorrisonMP#auspol@SBSNews
“We have formally notified Hong Kong and advised the Chinese authorities” - PM @ScottMorrisonMP#auspol@SBSNews
Apr 7, 2020 • 8 tweets • 3 min read
Standby for COVID-19 modelling - PM @ScottMorrisonMP to hold a press conference in 15 minutes, we’ll bring it to you live on @SBS@SBSNews#auspol
Mar 17, 2020 • 25 tweets • 16 min read
"Life is changing in Australia. Life is changing all around the world. Life is going to continue to change as we deal with the global coronavirus." @ScottMorrisonMP#auspol@SBSNews
"We are going to keep Australia running" @ScottMorrison "There is no short-term, quick fix to how this is dealt with in Australia. The idea that you can just turn everything off for two weeks and then turn it all back on again when it all goes away, that is not the evidence."
Feb 17, 2019 • 5 tweets • 4 min read
Labor's @MurrayWatt: "Neither Minister Keenan nor Minister Cash provided a witness statment to the AFP (AWU raids leaks investigation)?" Leanne Close AFP Dep Comm: "That's correct" They were asked to do so? "Yes, we wanted to have the opportunity to speak to them both" #auspol
"How many times did you ask each of Minister Keenan and Minister Cash to provide you with a statement?" @MurrayWatt "At least two occasions" replies Deputy AFP Commissioner Leanne Close #auspol
Nov 26, 2018 • 7 tweets • 6 min read
"We need a National Integrity Commission to restore some faith in our politics and our democracy" - Opposition Leader @billshortenmp#auspol@SBSNews
"I welcome today the Liberal and National government reversing their previous opposition to a national anti-corruption commission" - Opposition Leader @billshortenmp#auspol@SBSNews
Jul 29, 2018 • 5 tweets • 5 min read
PM @TurnbullMalcolm: "Bill Shorten is punching the air as though he has won the World Cup. Well, the reality is that the Labor Party has secured an average or conventional by-election swing in #Longman and has not secured any swing at all in #Braddon." #auspol@SBSNews
PM @TurnbullMalcolm: "I have never given any indication at all that we would win these by-elections. There is not a lot to celebrate for the Labor Party. There is certainly nothing to crow about." #auspol@SBSNews