Interview on ABC 891, Breakfast with Ali Clarke and David Bevan Topics: Senate Estimates; school zoning; price of milk. Transcript, E&OE 20 February 2019 David Bevan: Let’s welcome Simon Birmingham Minister for Trade Tourism and Investment, Liberal Senator Good morning. Simon Birmingham: Good morning Good morning Ali. David Bevan: Amanda Rishworth Labor MP for Kingston.…
The Liberal-National Government has today launched a new initiative to help attract more investment in Australia’s emerging agrifood tech sector. Minister for Trade, Tourism and Investment Simon Birmingham who will make the announcement at evokeAG in Melbourne said a new digital platform known as ‘Agriculture 4.0’ would help better connect Australian AgTech and foodtech businesses…
Australia continues to be a highly sought after destination for lucrative businesses events, with the Liberal-National Government’s business events Bid Fund Program estimated to have already delivered a $187 million boost to the Australian economy. Australia’s position as a business events powerhouse comes as the Asia Pacific’s leading trade forum for the meetings and event…
E&OE TRANSCRIPT Topics: Medivac bill; EU trade negotiations. 13/02/19 7.05am Kieran Gilbert: The core issue here of losing the vote in the House of Reps, shouldn’t the Prime Minister have tested confidence in the government in the wake of that? Precedent would suggest he should have. Simon Birmingham: No nothing’s changed in relation…
E&OE TRANSCRIPT Topics: Advanced compressed air energy storage facility; renewable energy. Simon Birmingham: Thanks so much for coming along to the Terramin mine site here just outside Strathalbyn today. And it’s wonderful to be here with Dan van Holst Pellikaan, the South Australian Energy Minister, together with Adrian Pederick the state member for Hammond, and…
E&OE TRANSCRIPT Topics: Australia/New Zealand Closer Economic Relationship Trade Agreement; CPTPP; Simon Birmingham: I’d like to welcome my good friend David Parker, the New Zealand Trade Minister to Adelaide, to Australia today and especially to do so on Waitangi Day. So, happy Waitangi Day to David, and to all of our New Zealand friends involved.…
Topics: Hakeem Al-Araibi, proposal to ban cotton exports, Banking Royal Commission, SA Royal Commission into the management of Murray Darling Basin. Ali Clarke: Good morning Simon Birmingham. Simon Birmingham: Good morning. Good to be with you, wish there was a flying fox down Kensington Road. Ali Clarke: Yes, well, we could maybe arrange that couldn’t…
The Liberal-National Government has today welcomed data from the Australian Bureau of Statistics showing Australia recorded a $22.2 billion trade surplus in 2018, which is the highest ever for a calendar year. Australia’s two-way trade in goods and services also hit a record high of $854 billion in 2018. Australia continues to successfully…
The Liberal-National Government has today announced $11 million in funding to attract more Chinese tour group tourists to Australia. Minister for Trade, Tourism and Investment Simon Birmingham said the Approved Destination Scheme (ADS) accounted for a quarter of all Chinese visitors to Australia each year and around $1 billion in expenditure. “The ADS…
Consultations are now open on Australia’s next national tourism strategy, with industry stakeholders encouraged to have their say on a draft report developed by the Beyond Tourism 2020 Steering Committee. Minister for Trade, Tourism and Investment Simon Birmingham urged stakeholders, from local and state governments to peak industry bodies and individual tourism operators to…