Topics: Victorian lockdown; Economic impact; International border arrangements; National cabinet; Vaccine supply; Leppington triangle; 05/08/2021 09:35AM AEST Simon Birmingham: Good morning, all. Obviously another difficult day across much of the country and particularly a difficult day for Victorians facing another lockdown there. But we recognise the fact that containing the Delta variant requires strong,…
Topics: Vaccine rollout; vaccine supply; Lockdowns; International border arrangements; rapid antigen testing kits; 05/08/2021 09:20AM AEST Laura Jayes: Thanks so much for your time. Now, the Prime Minister says that 222,000 jabs in arms in one day is something that we should celebrate. But isn’t the bar just so dismally low here? Simon…
Topics: Vaccine incentives; WA COVID case; airline support; lockdowns; Leader of the House; Christine Holgate; Vaccine passports 04/08/2021 04:12PM AEST Patricia Karvelas: Simon Birmingham and joins us now from Canberra. Minister, welcome. Simon Birmingham: Hello, Patricia. Good to be with you again. Patricia Karvelas: The COVID Commander, Lieutenant General John…
Topics: Vaccine incentives; vaccine rollout; lockdowns 04/08/2021 03:48PM AEST Kieran Gilbert: With me now is the finance minister, Simon Birmingham. Minister, thanks for your time. The prime minister targeting Labor over this idea of an incentive payment to get vaccines, talking about six billion as if it’s a lot of money. But these…
Topics: Vaccine incentives; JobKeeper; vaccine rollout 04/08/2021 09:15 AM AEST Tina Quinn: Mr. Birmingham joins us on the line now. Good morning, Minister. Welcome to The Daily. Simon Birmingham: Good morning, Tina. Good to be with you. Tina Quinn: So under Labor Leader Anthony Albanese’s plan, every Australian citizen who…
Topics: Vaccine incentives; 3/08/2021 05:20PM AEST Jim Wilson: Well, Simon Birmingham is the Finance Minister. He’s just popped out of Cabinet to join me for a chat. Minister, welcome back to Drive. Simon Birmingham: Hello, Jim. It’s good to be with you, as always. Jim Wilson: Good on you. Now, I…
Topics: Vaccine incentives; vaccine rollout; JobKeeper; 3/08/2021 11:08 AM AEST Liam Bartlett: Anthony Albanese told Gareth Parker over breakfast this morning that everyone should get 300 dollars in their pocket to protect themselves against COVID and help the country reach that 80 per cent target. It’s a plan that would cost taxpayers six…
Topics: Vaccine incentives; vaccine rollout 3/08/2021 09:08 AM AEST David Bevan: Is Mark Butler back with us now. We’ve lost him entirely. Well, we might just have to sing uplifting songs or maybe we can go to Simon Birmingham, he’s the Federal Finance Minister. He joins us now as we try and make…
Topics: Vaccine incentives; vaccine rollout 3/08/2021 06:38 AM AEST Simon Birmingham: Good morning, all. The best incentive for Australians to get vaccinated is it could save their lives, the lives of their loved ones and the lives of their fellow Australians. Our intention as a government, is to ensure that all Australians have…
Topics: Vaccine incentives; vaccine allocations 3/08/2021 07:05 AM AEST Lisa Millar: Parliament returns today as millions of taxpayer dollars are made available in additional COVID support payments and to bail out the ailing aviation sector. Finance Minister Simon Birmingham joins us now from Canberra. Good morning to you. Minister, welcome to News Breakfast.…