Topics: New South Australian federal Liberal candidates; state borders; vaccination rates; Moderna child vaccination approval; WA seat of Moore; preselection of Liberal women; 04/09/2021 11:08AM ACST Simon Birmingham: Thanks very much for being here today. I’m delighted to be here with the growing team that we are building for the next federal election of wonderful Liberal candidates.…
Topics: Economy; vaccine supply; rapid antigen testing; National Plan 03/09/2021 09:20AM AEST Laura Jayes: Let’s go live now to the Minister for Finance Simon Birmingham. Thanks so much for your time. We saw the GDP figures out this week, though, were to be expected. We’re now looking at a bounce back once we get…
Topics: Annastacia Palaszczuk; National plan, 03/09/2021 07:10AM AEST Karl Stefanovic: It’s on like Donkey Kong. Finance Minister Simon Birmingham is in Adelaide. And Deputy Opposition Leader Richard Marles in Geelong. Morning guys, nice to see you this morning. To you, first of all, Simon. Josh Frydenberg said yesterday it’s a, quote, desperate denial of…
Topics: National accounts 01/09/2021 02:50PM ACST Scott Emerson: Simon Birmingham is the Minister for Finance and Leader of the Government in the Senate, and he joins me on the line now. Minister, thanks for being on the show. Simon Birmingham: Hello, Scott. It’s always good to be with you. Scott Emerson: Now,…
THE HON PAUL FLETCHER MP Minister for Communications, Urban Infrastructure, Cities and the Arts SENATOR THE HON SIMON BIRMINGHAM Minister for Finance The Morrison Government has today released its new Statement of Expectations to guide the NBN, now that the broadband network has completed its initial roll-out and is fully operational. The Government…
It is with sadness that I learned of the passing of my fellow Senator for South Australia, Alex Gallacher. We were colleagues in the Senate for over a decade and from his first speech Alex remained loyal to his word and strived to be true to his Labor values. Alex was proudly of…
Topics: Vaccine rollout; WA border controls; Afghanistan 27/08/2021 09:58AM ACST Laura Jayes: Joining me now live from Adelaide is the finance minister, Simon Birmingham, thanks so much for your time. Now, Qantas says it plans to resume international flights in mid-December. Is that going to happen? Simon Birmingham: Thanks, Laura. Look, we’ll be…
Topics: Afghanistan 27/08/2021 09:40AM ACST Spence Denny: Senator Simon Birmingham, we know we wake up to the news that this explosion that killed 60 people, 140 injured people, wading through waist deep sewage and we’ve still got people we want to get out of Afghanistan. How did you respond when you saw what was…
Progress continues to be made on the Morrison Government’s purpose-built quarantine facility at Pinkenba, with global construction company Multiplex today selected to deliver the project. The site at Pinkenba is approximately 7km to Royal Brisbane and Women’s Hospital and 3km from Brisbane International Airport. Finance Minister Simon Birmingham said the Centre at Pinkenba…
26 August 2021 The Morrison Government has reappointed Ms Leeanne Bond as a non-executive Director of Snowy Hydro Limited (SHL) for a three-year term. Ms Bond joined the SHL Board in 2015, serving as a non-executive Director. Her reappointment will provide continuity and stability on the SHL Board, and her extensive energy sector experience and…