CH 7 – Sunrise

Topics: Budget 2022; 29/03/2022 6:40AM AEST David Koch: Treasurer Josh Frydenberg will hand down the Federal Budget later today, outlining the Coalition’s economic plan in the face of the rising cost of living. Economists say that despite increasing inflation and low wage growth, the economy is doing really well and the best thing to do…

ABC News – The Business

Topics: Budget 2022; 29/03/2022 10:05PM AEST Kathryn Robinson:  I was joined by Finance Minister Senator Birmingham earlier. Senator Birmingham, welcome to The Business.   Simon Birmingham: Hi, Kath. Great to be with you.   Kathryn Robinson: Now, the government is spending around $8.9 billion in these cost of living measures the cash payouts, the tax…

ABC News – Breakfast

Topics: Budget 2022; 29/03/2022 6:40AM AEST Madeleine Morris:  Finance Minister Simon Birmingham joins us now from Canberra. Good morning to you, Senator Birmingham. We’ve got figures out today saying that you expect unemployment to be at 3.75% by the end of the year. That’s great. Now you’re banking on that to lift wages, but you’re…

Doorstop – Parliament House, ACT

Doorstop, Australian Parliament House, Canberra ACT Topics: Budget 2022; 28/03/2022 7:55AM AEST Simon Birmingham:  These are very uncertain times we face. Around the world, the challenge of continued aftershocks of COVID-19, global inflationary pressures and the war that Russia is waging on Ukraine are having real impacts on global economies and creating genuine uncertainty, particularly…

ABC Radio – AM

Sabra Lane: Simon Birmingham is the Finance Minister and the leader of the government in the Senate. He joins me in Parliament House. Good morning and welcome to AM.   Simon Birmingham: Good morning, Sabra. Great to be with you again.   Sabra Lane: It’s being reported this morning that the Government will deliver a…