Topics: MYEFO; JobKeeper; Australia-China trade relations; state borders; 17/12/20 03:43PM Luke Grant: Now, as we mentioned, the Mid-Year Fiscal and Economic Outlook has been released today. The budget deficit is $16 billion lower than had been forecast just two months ago. It’s reliant on plenty of things like state borders remaining open, a vaccine…
Topics: MYEFO; JobKeeper; Australia-China trade relationship; 17/12/20 03:07pm Cathy Border: Well, if the Federal Budget was a game of footy, the Mid-Year Economic and Fiscal Outlook is half time. It’s a chance to examine the accounts of the nation. And an initial examination seems to show an economy recovering quicker than expected. Simon Birmingham…
Topics: MYEFO; domestic borders; JobKeeper; Australia-China trade relations 17/12/20 10:36AM Gary Adshead: Simon Birmingham is the Minister for Trade, Tourism and Investment. Plenty to talk with him about this morning. Thanks very much for your time. Simon Birmingham: G’day. Great to be with you. Thank you. Gary Adshead: First of all, what’s…
Senator the Hon. Simon Birmingham Minister for Finance Minister for Trade, Tourism and Investment Leader of the Government in the Senate Senator for South Australia The Hon. Josh Frydenberg MP Treasurer Deputy Leader of the Liberal Party Federal Member for Kooyong Date: Thursday, 17 December 2020 The 2020-21 Mid-Year Economic and Fiscal Outlook (MYEFO) builds on…
Topics: MYEFO, JobKeeper, Australia-China trade relationship, International borders/travel 17/12/2020 07:52AM Simon Birmingham: Later today the Treasurer and I will release the Mid-Year Economic and Fiscal Outlook. This is an important opportunity for us to provide an update in relation to the Budget and economic outlook, which itself was, of course, only handed down…
Topics: COVID-19 cases; Budget Update; 17//12/2020 07:32AM Peter Stefanovic: Well, joining me live now from Canberra is Simon Birmingham, Minister for Finance, Trade and Tourism. Minister, good morning, good to see you. Thanks for joining us this morning. So, just- we’ll start there, there does appear to be a chink in the armor when…
Topics: Barley WTO; Australia-China trade relations, Jobkeeper 17/12/2020 07:20AM/AM Sylvia Jeffreys: Well Australia is officially taking China to task over barley tariffs this morning, calling in global umpire, the World Trade Organization, as the trade war escalates. But Beijing’s pointing the finger right back, accusing Australia of breaching its Free Trade Agreement by blocking…
Topics: Barley WTO; Australia-China relationship, 17/12/2020 07:14AM Monique Wright: Well, Australia is officially taking China to the World Trade Organization over tariffs on barley as our trade dispute escalates. Earlier this year, Beijing imposed an 80 per cent import tariff on Australian barley, claiming that we were dumping it on the market by selling…