Topics: NSW COVID-19 outbreak, Border closures, Tourism operators, 22/12/2020 07:14AM Monique Wright: Well, more than 100 Sydney venues are on alert as authorities’ scramble to contain the Northern Beaches outbreak, with more than a dozen locations added to the list overnight. There’s fresh hope ahead of Christmas after New South Wales recorded 15 new…
DetailsTopics: State border closures; tourism industry; trade diversification; Australia-China trade relationship 21/12/20 2:46PM Julie Snook: Joining me now from Adelaide is the Trade, Tourism and Finance Minister, Simon Birmingham. Minister, thank you so much for your time this afternoon. First of all, states have slammed their borders shut on people hoping to visit from…
Details21 December 2020 The Morrison Government will explore possible new free trade agreements with European Free Trade Association (EFTA) countries and Israel, as part of our ongoing commitment to provide more export opportunities for Australian farmers and businesses, as well as create more jobs. After receiving $6.6 million in the recent budget, the Department…
Details21 December 2020 Today will be my last as Australia’s Minister for Trade, Tourism and Investment. It comes at a time of great global disruption for many of the businesses I have had the honour and pleasure of working with. COVID-19 has seen global trade plummet. The World Trade Organisation (WTO) predicts that volumes…
DetailsSaturday, 19 December 2020 Mr Stuart Whiley has today been reappointed as Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of ASC for a three-year term, as the organisation continues to play a pivotal role in the Morrison Government’s continuous naval shipbuilding program. Mr Stuart Whiley has over forty years’ experience in the submarine industry, twenty-eight of…
DetailsSenator the Hon. Simon Birmingham Minister for Finance Minister for Trade, Tourism and Investment Leader of the Government in the Senate Senator for South Australia Senator the Hon. Linda Reynolds Minister for Defence Senator for Western Australia The Hon. Melissa Price MP Minister for Defence Industry Federal Member for Durack Date: Friday, 18 December 2020…
DetailsTopics: Australia-China trade relationship; Government reshuffle; Budget Update; JobSeeker and JobKeeper. 18/12/20 08:51AM Spence Denny: Now, we know that a coalition reshuffle is predicted for today and that Senator for South Australia, Simon Birmingham, already has been appointed as the Finance Minister and will relinquish Trade, which is expected to go to Dan Tehan.…
DetailsTopics: Budget update; Australia’s economic position; JobSeeker; COVID vaccine rollout, Aged Care home care packages, Australia-China trade relations. 18/12/20 7:35AM Tom Rehn: But Kate, right now we’re going to talk some figures because it’s been a difficult year with everything that’s happened in 2020. Kate Collins: Yes. To talk to us, give us…
DetailsTopics: Budget update; Australian exporters; Iron Ore. 18/12/2020 07:47AM Norman Swan: So the good news here is that Australians are back spending and back working; the optimistic words of the Federal Treasurer Josh Frydenberg, yesterday, as he handed down his Mid-Year Economic and Fiscal Outlook. The budget update shows unemployment is expected to peak…
DetailsTopics: New South Wales COVID-19 outbreak, JobKeeper; 18/12/20 07:33AM Madeleine Morris: Let’s go to federal politics, and yesterday’s mid-year budget update had some good news about the economy with a $16 billion improvement on the bottom line. But trade tensions with China are still looming large. Finance and Trade Minister, Simon Birmingham, joins us…
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