11 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…
Topics: Returning Australians from overseas, IR law reform, Foreign Relations Bill, 2030 emissions targets. 12/7/2020 07:36AM Fran Kelly: Simon Birmingham is the Minister for Trade and Finance and Leader of the Government in the Senate. Simon Birmingham, welcome back to Breakfast. Simon Birmingham: Good morning, Fran. Thanks for the opportunity. Fran Kelly: …
SENATOR THE HON SIMON BIRMINGHAM Minister for Finance Leader of the Government in the Senate SENATOR THE HON MICHAELIA CASH Minister for Employment, Skills, Small and Family Business Deputy Leader of the Government in the Senate Monday, 7 December 2020 New procurement rules to back Aussie small businesses The Morrison Government is…
1 December 2020 The Morrison Government will provide a one-off payment to assist travel agents in recognition that many continue to work hard processing consumer refunds, whilst unable to trade due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Federal Tourism Minister Simon Birmingham said most travel agents face the unique circumstance of having to refund existing…
30 November 2020 The Morrison Government is pleased to announce the appointment of Mr Xavier Simonet as the new Chief Executive Officer of Austrade, the Australian Trade and Investment Commission. Mr Simonet is currently Group CEO and Managing Director of Kathmandu Holdings, which comprises the Kathmandu, Rip Curl and Oboz brands, and has previously…
Topics: The imposition of tariffs on Australian wine traded into China 27/11/2020 2:45PM Simon Birmingham: Thank you very much for coming along today. Can I start just by acknowledging that there are some uncontrolled fires burning north of Adelaide, these are in the regions that are close to where the Pinery Flat Bushfires occurred…
Topics: Australians stranded overseas; Charter flights; hotel quarantine; Mathias Cormann 11/27/20 09:23AM David Bevan: Listening to this is Senator Simon Birmingham, Minister for Trade, Tourism and the Federal Finance Minister. Good morning, Simon Birmingham. Simon Birmingham: Hi, David. Thanks for the opportunity. David Bevan: What do you say to Ben? Simon…
Topics: Australia-China trade relations; US election impacts on Australia; RBA rate cuts; state borders 04/11/20 01:09 PM Deborah Knight: Lots to talk about with Simon Birmingham, our Minister for Trade, Tourism and now, Finance. The world’s focus, of course, on the US election; the count is unfolding right now, he’s watching that closely. But,…
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Joint release with Prime Minister Scott Morrison Australian farmers, businesses and investors will get access to new markets across the Americas and Asia, with the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP-11) Agreement passing Parliament today. The Agreement means more market access for our farmers, greater opportunities for our businesses, more jobs and increased investment for Australia. …