Transcript Topics: Assistance for regional tourism industry, border restrictions. 27 September 2020 Monique Wright: And we’re joined this morning by Federal Tourism Minister Simon Birmingham with the details of that investment. Good morning to you. Now, what exactly will that $250 million go towards? Simon Birmingham: Hello Monique, well, what we’re doing today is announcing a particular…
Transcript Topics: Assistance for regional tourism, border restrictions, JobKeeper changes. 27 September 2020 Rebecca Maddern: Well, it’s been announced this morning that $250 million is being spent to kickstart our tourism industry. We’re now joined by the Minister for Trade, Tourism and Investment Simon Birmingham. Minister, good morning. This package is designed to fill the $30…
The Hon Scott Morrison MP Prime Minister Senator the Hon Mathias Cormann Minister for Finance and Leader of the Government in the Senate Senator the Hon Simon Birmingham Minister for Trade, Tourism and Investment JOINT MEDIA RELEASE 26 September 2020 SA JOBS BOOM AS OSBORNE SHIPYARD IS COMPLETED South Australia’s world-leading shipyard at Osborne South…
Joint media release with: The Hon Christian Porter MP, Attorney-General, Minister for Industrial Relations 19 September 2020 The Morrison Government has reinforced its commitment to improving the global investment environment with the ratification of the United Nations Convention on Transparency in Treaty-based Investor-State Arbitration also known as the Mauritius Convention. The Convention will apply greater transparency to…
Joint media release Hon. David Littleproud MP, Minister For Agriculture, Drought and Emergency Management Senator the Hon. Jonno Duniam, Assistant Minister for Forestry and Fisheries, Assistant Minister for Regional Tourism 18 September 2020 Music festivals, art installations, sporting events and a coastal headland walking trail are among 95 projects to receive a share in more…
Transcript Topics: COVID-19, JobSeeker, JobKeeper, Unemployment, Victoria outbreak 18 September 2020 Karl Stefanovic: Well, rules around JobSeeker will be tightened for more than a million Australians as the Prime Minister looks to get more people back to work, it comes after an unexpected drop in the nation’s unemployment figures. Joining me now is Minister for Trade…
Transcript, E&OE Topics: international arrivals, state border restrictions 16 September 2020 Jules Schiller: But let’s start with a bigger federal issue of hotel quarantine, and this is important because the cap that we have on hotel quarantine dictates really how many Australians who are stranded overseas can come home. And you probably heard stories on the…
Transcript, E&OE Topics: international arrival caps, Qantas headquarters relocation 16 September 2020 Jim Wilson: We were told today how more Australians stranded overseas will be allowed to return home. Estimates vary but it suggested 20,000 to 25,000 Australians are stuck overseas. At the moment, there’s a cap of 4000 arrivals a week. The aim is not…
Transcript, E&OE Topics: Lifting of the cap on Australians returning home, Qantas headquarters bidding 16 September 2020 Scott Emerson: Now we’ve had some good news today about this issue about Australians stranded overseas because of COVID. Obviously we’ve been hearing about the cases of thousands of Australians still over there trying to get back. Well today,…
Transcript, E&OE Topics: Increasing caps on international arrivals; Qantas headquarters relocation; China import expo; Australia-China relationship 16 September 2020 Kieran Gilbert: Now, for more on this issue, I caught up with the Trade and Tourism Minister Simon Birmingham a short time ago. [Excerpt] Tourism and Trade Minister Simon Birmingham, thanks very much for your time. On…