Topics: Tourism Industry; State Border Closures; New Zealand-Australia Travel; Unemployment Rate; Ruby Princess Inquiry. 14/08/20 07:33AM Peter Stefanovic: Well, as I mentioned, we are joined now by the Trade and Tourism Minister, Simon Birmingham; he joins us live now. Minister, good morning. Good to see you, thanks so much for joining us. So, as we’ve…
DetailsTopics: Tourism industry recovery 14/08/20 07:24AM Natalie Barr: Well, new figures reveal the devastating impact coronavirus has had on Australia’s tourism sector. Domestic tourism fell by $11.7 billion in April and May, compared to the same time last year. Overnight trips dropped by 67 per cent and overnight spending was down by $4.8 billion. One…
DetailsTranscript, E&OE Topics: Ruby Princess inquiry, COVID-19, Tourism, JobKeeper 14 August 2020 Michael Rowland: Let’s bring in the Trade and Tourism Minister, Simon Birmingham, now from Adelaide. Good morning to you, Minister. In fact, we don’t have Simon Birmingham, he’ll be joining us very shortly to talk about the huge and pressing challenges facing…
Details14 August 2020 Australians are being urged to support our tourism operators by booking an experience with new monthly figures released today, showing domestic tourism spending fell by $11.7 billion in April and May of this year, according to new monthly figures released today by Tourism Research Australia (TRA). According to the latest National…
DetailsTranscript, E&OE Topics: Exports, COVID-19, JobKeeper, Tourism. 13 August 2020 Keith Topolski: Some really important news with freight services being continued for our exporters here on the Eyre Peninsula, to make sure those exports like wheat and seafood can continue to get access to those big overseas markets. The Minister for Trade and Tourism,…
DetailsTranscript, E&OE Topics: Tourism Sector in SA; Border Closures. 13 August 2020 Emma Pedler: Yesterday, on the show, we caught up with our Federal Member for Grey Rowan Ramsey. He was telling us about how he and Senator Anne Ruston had been in meetings up the Coast there talking about predominantly the cashless debit…
DetailsTranscript, E&OE Topics: Tourism sector in Australia. 13 August 2020 Fran Kelly: There’s no relief in sight for the country’s beleaguered tourism sector. With no foreigners coming in and restrictions on state and territory borders now hampering domestic tourism, the industry’s, well in some quarters, ground to a halt. Now, the Federal Government says if…
DetailsTranscript, E&OE Topics: COVID-19 affected tourism and trade on the West Coast. 12 August 2020 Jason Regan: Joining me on the line at the moment, Federal Senator and the Minister for Trade, Tourism and Investment, Simon Birmingham. He’s on the West Coast of South Australia as we speak. Simon, welcome to Country View Point. How…
DetailsMedia release 06 August 2020 Australia and Singapore have today signed a landmark Digital Economy Agreement (DEA) to further enhance digital trade opportunities for businesses and consumers in both our nations. Federal Trade Minister Simon Birmingham, who signed the Agreement with Singapore’s Minister for Trade and Industry Chan Chun Sing in a virtual signing…
DetailsMedia release 04 August 2020 Australia recorded its largest financial year trade surplus in 2019-20, off the back of booming goods exports, according to new data released today from the Australian Bureau of Statistics. The data shows that despite severe global economic shocks from COVID-19, Australia posted a record financial year trade surplus of…
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