2020 Annual Investment Statement 11 December 2020 Acknowledgements Well thank you very much Frances for those kind words of introduction. I may have driven the Department and the Agencies during my time in this portfolio – hopefully not driven you too crazy in that time. Can I thank you for all…
Details11 December 2020 The Parliament has today passed legislation that backs Australian businesses to grow their exports and create jobs through reforms to the Export Market Development Grants (EMDG) scheme. The EMDG scheme is a key Government financial assistance program to help aspiring and current exporters increase their marketing and promotional activities in international…
DetailsTopics: Campaign to get more backpackers from New Zealand to travel to Australia. 10/12/20 5:11PM Scott Emerson: Now, there’s a new campaign that’s been kicked off to try to get Kiwis to come to Australia to help out our farms and fruit picking there. Now the man behind all that is the Tourism and…
DetailsTopics: trade relations with China, industrial relations reform, NZ backpackers 10/12/20 4:24PM Patricia Karvelas: Simon Birmingham is the Minister for Finance, Trade and Tourism and Investment and I spoke to him a short time ago. [Excerpt] Minister, welcome. Simon Birmingham: Thanks, Patricia. Great to be with you. Patricia Karvelas: We’re…
DetailsTopics: New Zealand working holiday maker campaign; Australia-China trade relations 10/12/2020 07:48AM Russel Howcroft: Young New Zealanders will be encouraged to travel to Australia over summer to help fill labour shortages on farms and in regional tourism towns as part of an ad campaign to try and offset the impacts of the international border…
DetailsTopics: Call for Kiwi’s to work in Australian horticulture industry, Australia-China trade relations. 10/12/2020 07:13AM Sabra Lane: The Federal Government’s launching an advertising campaign to encourage Kiwi’s across the ditch to come here and pick fruit and vege crops, and work in our tourism industry. There are slogans like ‘enjoy the fruits of…
DetailsTopics: Australia-China trade relations; invitation to young Kiwis to work in Australian horticulture. 10/12/2020 07:20AM Samantha Armytage: Australian cotton and wheat farmers are likely to be next in the firing line, taking the total value of banned agricultural goods past $7 billion. Joining us now is Tourism and Trade Minister, Simon Birmingham. Minister, good…
DetailsTopics: NZ working holiday makers; Australia-China relationship; Last day of Parliament for 2020. 12/10/2020 Simon Birmingham: … Australian farmers and industry in terms of getting the necessary workers by encouraging young New Zealanders to come and have a working holiday in Australia. For young Kiwis who might have been thinking about taking a gap…
DetailsTopics: Australia-China trade relations; Campaign attracting Kiwis for working holidays in Australia. 10/12/2020 06:47AM Peter Stefanovic: Australian cotton and wheat farmers are liked to become Beijing’s next targets in a string of trade attacks. China is hoping to fill its $14 billion agricultural buying commitment to the Trump administration which is straining its relationship…
DetailsTopics: Australia-China relationship; Cruising; New tourism campaign targeting New Zealanders. 10/12/20 6:09AM Ben Fordham: Well, another day, another threat of Chinese sanctions. Cotton and wheat farmers have been warned they are next. Our wheat trade with China is worth about $500 million; cotton even more – $600 million annually. This latest warning comes a…
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