E&OE TRANSCRIPT Interview on BBC Radio 4 Today with Justin Webb Topics: Brexit 21/01/2019 6:00pm Justin Webb: There is a practical Brexit meeting today. Simon Birmingham, Australia’s Trade Minister is going to hold talks in London with the International Trade Secretary Liam Fox. And Mr Birmingham has been telling me what is on the…
E&OE TRANSCRIPT Interview on ABC Breakfast with Michael Rowland Topics: Brexit; Kelly O’Dwyer; Appointment of Consul-General to Chicago 21/01/2019 7:30am Michael Rowland: As Britain prepares itself for a pending departure from the EU. Australia is monitoring how this impacts bilateral trade. Simon Birmingham is in London where he is meeting British officials about the very…
E&OE TRANSCRIPT Interview on Channel 7 Sunrise with Samantha Armytage Topics: Brexit 21/01/2019 7:22AM Samantha Armytage: UK Prime Minister Theresa May will return to parliament later today with her so-called plan B for Brexit. Less than a week ago, May’s Brexit deal suffered an historic defeat in parliament – 432 votes to 202, with MPs…
E&OE TRANSCRIPT Topics: Brexit; Australia Day. 710am Steve Price: Minister thanks for your time. Simon Birmingham: Good morning Steve, good to be with you. Steve Price: What gives you confidence that we can sail through the middle of this chaos? Simon Birmingham: Well Australia has done all of the preparatory work that we possibly…
E&OE TRANSCRIPT Topics: Brexit 16/01/19 5.40pm Ross Greenwood: Simon Birmingham is online, thanks for your time Simon. Simon Birmingham: G’day Ross, great to be with you. Ross Greenwood: Can you just explain one thing, you’ve been in these negotiations for a free trade agreement with the UK, does that presume the Brexit does occur. Is…
E&OE TRANSCRIPT Topics: Brexit; TPP-11; Canadian facing death penalty; Rahaf Alqunun 710am Kim Landers: The Trade Minister is Simon Birmingham, he is also the acting Foreign Minister, and he joins me on the line now. Minister, good morning. Simon Birmingham: Good morning, Kim. Kim Landers: The UK is Australia’s seventh largest trading partner. How much…
E&OE TRANSCRIPT Topics: G’day USA, International Visitor and National Visitor Survey results (Sept 2018 quarter), direct flights to the US Steve Marshall: Well good morning and welcome to Penfolds Magill cellars. It’s great to be here with brand ambassador Zoe Warrington who is hosting us here this morning and I am also of course joined by…
E&OE TRANSCRIPT Topics: Latest international Visitor and National Visitor Survey results (Sept 2018 quarter) Journalist: We’ve got the Federal Trade and Tourism Minister Simon Birmingham on the phone. Good morning Senator. This is good news for South Australia especially your home state, are you happy that we’re doing so well perhaps at the expense of other…
E&OE TRANSCRIPT Topics: Latest international Visitor and National Visitor Survey results (Sept 2018 quarter) Simon Birmingham: Thanks so much for coming along. It’s exciting news today for Australia that once again demonstrates what a fabulous country we are with the mark of endorsement from millions of international visitors who choose Australia as a place to come,…
E&OE TRANSCRIPT Topics: Latest international Visitor and National Visitor Survey results (Sept 2018 quarter) Presenter: …this is good news for regional Australia. Simon Birmingham: This is awesome news for regional Australia. You know we spent $113 billion dollars from tourism-related activity injected into Australia in 2018, and that’s fuelled by around eight point four million international…