Topics: Economic recovery; vaccination rollout; employment figures; Christine Holgate; 16/04/2021 09:20AM Laura Jayes: Australian businesses are being told to grab the baton and run as consumer confidence fuels Australia’s jobs recovery. Unemployment has beat expectations, falling five point six per cent in March. But, well, ongoing concerns over the nation’s vaccine rollout have an impact…
Topics: Economic recovery; international travel; hotel quarantine; domestic tourism 16/04/2021 08:05AM Steve Price: The economy, it seems, has bounced back out of covered with an extraordinary strength. We have a unemployment rate that’s down to five point six per cent, although a number of the new jobs, it would appear a part time. We’ve…
Topics: Unemployment figures; international travel; dancers at defence event; 15/04/2021 05:35PM Jim Wilson: The work is out there for people to grab the unemployment figure has fallen from five point eight per cent to five point six per cent, 70,000 jobs added in the last month. And a record thirteen million Australians are in a…
The Morrison Government will hand down the 2021-22 Budget on Tuesday 11 May 2021. To ensure the security and integrity of the Budget, and the health and safety of participants, arrangements for the lock-up have been modified from previous years to be compliant with health restrictions related to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. Media organisations are…
SENATOR THE HON SIMON BIRMINGHAM Minister for Finance Leader of the Government in the Senate Senator for South Australia THE HON PAUL FLETCHER MP Minister for Communications, Urban Infrastructure, Cities and the Arts 12 April 2021 The Government welcomes the appointment of Mr Paul Graham as the new Chief Executive Officer and…
Topics: AstraZeneca vaccine; vaccine rollout; international borders 09/04/2021 10:00AM Journalist: The vaccine roll out. Clearly all Australians are not going to receive their first vaccination by the end of the year. Simon Birmingham: This is very disappointing, very disappointing the circumstances that have occurred in relation to the AstraZeneca vaccine. Australia still has contract…
Topics: AstraZeneca vaccine; vaccine rollout; reopening borders; Parliament House workplace conduct 09/04/2021 09:20AM Laura Jayes: To the Finance Minister, Simon Birmingham. Simon Birmingham, we sit here this morning with more uncertainty over the vaccine. Is there some stuff up from government along the way here? Simon Birmingham: No, there’s not. Laura, this is a…
Date: Thursday, 8 April 2021 Topic(s): Whyalla steelworks, Credit Suisse legal proceedings v. GFG Alliance David Bevan: Minister for Finance, and he joins us now. Good morning, Simon Birmingham. Simon Birmingham: Hello, David. Thanks for the opportunity. David Bevan: Simon Birmingham we asked you to come on, and we appreciate you squeezing us in,…
The Hon Paul Fletcher MP Minister for Communications, Urban Infrastructure, Cities and the Arts The Hon. Corey Wingard MP South Australian Minister for Infrastructure and Transport The Hon. Rachel Sanderson MP South Australian State Member for Adelaide 7 April 2021 The Morrison and Marshall governments are fulfilling their commitment to fix one of Adelaide’s most…