Transcript, E&OE Topic: Bushfire impact on tourism. 09 January 2020 Tom Tilley: And for more, I’m joined now by the Federal Minister for Tourism, Simon Birmingham, who’s in Adelaide this morning. Simon Birmingham, welcome back to Breakfast. Simon Birmingham: Good morning, Tom. It’s good to speak with you on RN. Tom Tilley: Yeah, great to speak to you…
DetailsTranscript, E&OE Topics: Bushfires effecting tourism on Kangaroo Island. 06 January 2020 Tony Pilkington: Keeping the tourist dollars flowing while bushfire ravaged communities are really struggling is Tourism Minister Simon Birmingham’s top priority immediately and he joins us on the program right now. Minister, good morning and welcome. How are you? Simon Birmingham: Hello…
DetailsAustralian farmers and businesses will continue to reap the benefits of our free trade agreements with new tariff cuts kicking-off today in our major export markets. Federal Trade Minister Simon Birmingham said the latest round of tariff cuts under our trade agreements with China and South Korea as well as the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP-11) would…
DetailsTranscript, E&OE Topics: Tourism Australia ad in the UK, bushfires, Uluru. 26 December 2019 John Stanley: In the meantime, of course you wouldn’t know it was bushfire season, that all the smoke was heading over our cities because we’ve got this new tourism ad featuring Kylie Minogue. Now, I’ve been talking about this through…
DetailsTranscript, E&OE Topics: New tourism campaign targeting the UK. 26 December 2019 Simon Birmingham: This is an incredibly exciting campaign, the launch of Matesong in the United Kingdom is about inspiring Brits to keep visiting Australia in huge numbers. Some 700,000 visitors from the UK come to Australia each and every year, they…
DetailsTranscript, E&OE Topics: New tourism campaign targeting the UK. 26 December 2019 Question: Just a little bit about what this campaign is? Simon Birmingham: This is really a campaign to try to aim at the hearts of UK tourists, to get them to think well yes, it’s been a bit of a tough time here…
DetailsTranscript, E&OE Topics: New tourism campaign targeting the UK. 26 December 2019 Question: Minister, it’s a pretty competitive market. What are you guys hoping to achieve with this ad? Simon Birmingham: We really want to capture the attention and the hearts and minds of British tourists. We know that by using Kylie Minogue, Shane Warne,…
DetailsSenator the Hon Simon Birmingham, Minister for Trade, Tourism and Investment Senator the Hon Jonathon Duniam, Assistant Minister for Regional Tourism 26 December 2019 Australia’s pitch to get more Brits to head Down Under has kicked-off overnight, with Tourism Australia adding a little pop royalty to the Queen’s traditional Christmas Day Message in…
DetailsJoint media release Senator the Hon Simon Birmingham, Minister for Trade, Tourism and Investment The Hon Mark Coulton MP, Minister for Regional Services, Decentralisation and Local Government, Assistant Trade and Investment Minister 18 December 2019 Australia has today ratified its free trade agreements with Indonesia, Hong Kong and Peru, a move that will give our…
DetailsTranscript, E&OE Topics: Submarine Maintenance Jobs; SA’s Water Security. 09 December 2019 David Bevan: Simon Birmingham is the Federal Minister for Trade but he’s South Australia’s leading Liberal MP. He joins us now. Good morning, Simon Birmingham. Simon Birmingham: Good morning, David and Ali. David Bevan: Well on the subs, West Australian Premier Mark McGowan says he’d be…
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