Media release 17 January 2020 Australia’s tourism sector demonstrated strong growth in the year to September 2019, according to the latest International Visitor Survey and National Visitor Survey data, underscoring the importance of the tourism industry to Australia’s economy. Today’s release from Tourism Research Australia for the year ending September 2019 shows that Australians took…
Joint media release Senator the Hon Simon Birmingham, Minister for Trade, Tourism and Investment The Hon Mark Coulton MP, Minister for Regional Services, Decentralisation and Local Government, Assistant Trade and Investment Minister 17 January 2020 More opportunities for Australian businesses and farmers will commence today with the Australia-Hong Kong Free Trade Agreement entering into…
Transcript, E&OE Topics: US-China trade relations; Australian trade; Australia bushfire crisis. 16 January 2020 Deborah Knight: Now, no one likes a trade war, particularly when two of the biggest trading nations on our planet are involved. And now, after more than two years of tensions between the world’s largest economies — the US and China…
Transcript, E&OE Topics: The impact of bushfires on tourism and business. 16 January 2020 Ali Moore: What are you planning a holiday and any chance that you will head to those areas that have been bushfire affected once they are back in a position to host you because tourism has been absolutely decimated? The tourists…
Transcript, E&OE Topics: Tourism industry. 14 January 2020 Luke Grant: An Australian travel warning issued to US citizens has been downgraded. The alert level was, last week, upgraded to level 2 amid dangerous bushfires and concerns over air quality. It’s understood the Prime Minister was in direct contact with senior levels of the Trump administration…
Transcript, E&OE Topics: US Travel Advisory ban on travel to Australia; Australian tourism market. 14 January 2020 John MacKenzie: I’m cutting to the chase here this morning because we’ve got a very busy Simon Birmingham; he’s the Tourism Minister on the line. I want to talk to him about these developments. Now, I got some…
Speech, check against delivery Location Melbourne 10 January 2020 I acknowledge the Traditional Custodians of the land on which we meet today – the people of the Kulin nation – and pay my respects to their Elders, past and present. It is a pleasure to be here in Melbourne with my colleague, the…
Transcript, E&OE Topic: Bushfire impact on tourism. 09 January 2020 Tom Tilley: And for more, I’m joined now by the Federal Minister for Tourism, Simon Birmingham, who’s in Adelaide this morning. Simon Birmingham, welcome back to Breakfast. Simon Birmingham: Good morning, Tom. It’s good to speak with you on RN. Tom Tilley: Yeah, great to speak to you…
Transcript, E&OE Topics: Bushfires effecting tourism on Kangaroo Island. 06 January 2020 Tony Pilkington: Keeping the tourist dollars flowing while bushfire ravaged communities are really struggling is Tourism Minister Simon Birmingham’s top priority immediately and he joins us on the program right now. Minister, good morning and welcome. How are you? Simon Birmingham: Hello…
Australian farmers and businesses will continue to reap the benefits of our free trade agreements with new tariff cuts kicking-off today in our major export markets. Federal Trade Minister Simon Birmingham said the latest round of tariff cuts under our trade agreements with China and South Korea as well as the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP-11) would…