Interview with Michael Rowland, ABC News Breakfast

E&OE  Topics: Foreign policy with regard to China; US-China trade war; Iran; banning of mobile phones in classrooms in Victoria. 26/06/2019 7:30AM   Michael Rowland: Trade and Acting Foreign Affairs Minister Simon Birmingham joins us now from Parliament House. Minister good morning.   Simon Birmingham: Good morning Michael.   Michael Rowland: Later today, later this morning, the Prime Minister is…

Doorstop interview, Canberra

E&OE TRANSCRIPT Topics: Labor’s decision not to support full tax package; IR reform; Israel Folau. 25/06/2019   Simon Birmingham: Today the Labor Party made the extraordinary decision that they were not going to support the entirety of the Coalition Government’s plans for tax relief. And today Jim Chalmers has indicated that they may even seek to roll…

Interview with Narelle Graham on regional ABC 639 North West (South Australia)

E&OE TRANSCRIPT… Topics: Latest International Visitor Survey results. 20/06/2019 5.36pm   Narelle Graham: We’re not getting enough international visitors here in South Australia and the ones that we are getting, aren’t spending enough. We’ve just seen new figures, new numbers have just come out and South Australia’s down 4 percent in the past 12 months. So, 457,000…

Doorstop interview, Adelaide

E&OE TRANSCRIPT Topics: Flight MH17 investigation; Medevac bill. 20/06/2019 12.40pm (ACST)   Simon Birmingham: I’d like to make some comments as Acting Minister for Foreign Affairs, on behalf of the Government and particularly Foreign Minister Payne who is in Papua New Guinea. In relation to developments surrounding the downing of Flight MH17, on 17 July 2014 298 lives…