Topic: Budget 2021-22 12/05/2021 4:00PM Patricia Karvelas: Simon Birmingham is the Finance Minister and my guest face to face. Welcome. Simon Birmingham: Hello, Patricia. Great to see you. Patricia Karvelas: Do you expect all Australians to be vaccinated by the end of the year? Simon Birmingham: Well no, Patricia. The vaccine approvals currently don’t extend,…
Topic: Budget 2021-22 12/05/2021 03:20PM Scott Emerson A spendathon, some describe it as labor lite or labor heavy, depending on who you are, and a lot of money, a lot of debt, a lot of deficit, but also designed to get jobs into the economy again, unemployment rate, push it down below five per cent.…
SENATOR THE HON SIMON BIRMINGHAM Minister for Finance Leader of the Government in the Senate Senator for South Australia SENATOR THE HON ANNE RUSTON Minister for Families and Social Services Minister for Women’s Safety Senator for South Australia 12 May 2021 The 2021-22 Budget sets out the next stage of the Morrison Government’s plan…
Topic: Budget 2021-22 12/05/2021 11:05 AM Nadia Mitsopoulos: Good morning, Minister. Simon Birmingham: Good morning, Nadia. Good to be with you. Nadia Mitsopoulos: Now you’re expecting deficits for the next 10 years. Net debt is expected to peak at nearly a trillion dollars in 2025. Where are the hard calls on how to pay off…
Topic: Budget 2021-22 12/05/2021 10:45AM Liam Bartlett: Joining us is federal Finance Minister Simon Birmingham. Minister, good morning. Simon Birmingham: Good morning, Liam. It’s great to be with you. Liam Bartlett: Minister, is this a budget or is this another stimulus package dressed up as a budget? Simon Birmingham: This is a budget that is…
Topic: Budget 2021-22 12/02/2021 10:30AM Mike O’Loughlin: Seven billion in structural spending for aged care. We’ve got Josh Frydenberg’s budget, which delivered the forecast for gross debt to pass one trillion in last October’s COVID delayed budget. And he laid out something of a plan to eventually start, I guess, chipping away at the mountain…
Topic: Budget 2021-2021 12/05/2021 10:20AM Paul Allen: Deficits as far as the eye can see and debt to go along with it and to discuss the budget and the spending involved, I’m joined by finance minister, Simon Birmingham. Minister, thank you so much for joining us today and making time on a very busy day.…
Topic: Budget 2021-22 12/05/2021 10:10AM Katie Woolf: But, what’s in it for the Northern Territory? Well, joining us on the line is the Federal Finance Minister, Simon Birmingham. Good morning to you. Simon Birmingham: Good morning, Katie. Great to be with you. Katie Woolf: Minister, thanks so much for your time. When we look at…
Topic: Budget 2021-22 12/05/2021 09:50AM Sylvia Jeffreys: Crisis in history, the government is on a mission to steer Australia out of the pandemic, dishing out a pre-election cash splash to supercharge the economy. David Campbell: Finance Minister Simon Birmingham joins us now. Minister, great to have you on this morning. Job creation was…
Topic: Budget 2021-22 12/05/2021 09:35AM Larry: Night of nights, the grand final for finances, the Super Bowl for subsidies, last night, Treasurer Josh Frydenberg delivered the 2021-22 federal budget and the phrase on everyone’s lips this morning: Australia is coming back. Angela: After the short lived Covid-19 recession, the government is splashing some cash. So…