Topic(s): Grace Tame & Brittany Higgins National Press Club speech; Federal Integrity Commission; Religious Discrimination Bill Leigh Sales: To discuss everything that was going on in Canberra today, we spoke to Senator Simon Birmingham. He’s the Finance Minister and was also part of the taskforce overseeing the response to Kate Jenkins’ enquiry. Senator, if we can…
Topic(s): Jenkins Report; Grace Tame & Brittany Higgins National Press Club speech; David Marchese: Now with me is now is someone who was at the National Press Club today, Senator Simon Birmingham is the Finance Minister and his departments responsible for people working in parliament. Minister, welcome back to Hack. Simon Birmingham: Hello, Dave, it’s…
Topic(s): Labor’s pandemic spending; Religious Discrimination Bill; Commonwealth Integrity Commission; Press Club address; Simon Birmingham: Good morning. Australia’s economy continues to show impressive credentials compared to the rest of the world, and for Australians, what is the real benefit of our economic strength are the record job numbers. Unemployment at 4.2 per cent, a 13…
Topic(s): Jenkins Report; Religious Discrimination Bill; Natalie Barr: Finance Minister Simon Birmingham joins me now. Morning to you. Simon Birmingham: Morning, Nat. Natalie Barr: You’ve led the government’s response to the Jenkins review into parliamentary culture. It was a significant step yesterday, but when will we see some practical action? Simon Birmingham: So indeed, the acknowledgement…
Topic(s): Jenkins Report; Press Club; Stacey Lee: Let’s move to federal politics now. Simon Birmingham joins us this morning. Good morning, Minister. Simon Birmingham: Morning, Stacey. Stacey Lee: You’ve announced a package of measures to try and make federal parliament a safer place for women. Is this going to be enough to shift the narrative for…
Topic(s): Religious Discrimination Bill; Labor’s pandemic spending; Richard Colbeck Peter Stefanovic: Joining us live is the finance minister, Simon Birmingham. Minister, good to see you. Simon Birmingham: Good morning. Peter Stefanovic: Thanks for your time this morning. So broad support for religious discrimination so far within your party, but some in the Coalition have called it…
Topic(s): Victoria international visitor vaccine requirement; Labor’s pandemic spending; Statement of Acknowledgement – Jenkins Report Karl Stefanovic: Welcome back, Daniel Andrews is being accused of holding the country to ransom after demanding international travellers must be triple vax to move freely around Victoria. Allison Langdon: Finance Minister Simon Birmingham joins us now. Birmo, nice to see you…
Topic(s): Statement of Acknowledgement – Jenkins Report; Religious Discrimination Bill; Commonwealth Integrity Commission; Economy Patricia Karvelas: Federal Parliament will today deliver a Statement of Acknowledgement to the victims of bullying, sexual harassment and sexual assault that have occurred throughout the building. The statement will mark a brief return of parliament before the country heads to an…
Topics: Barnaby Joyce; Aged care; International Borders 06/02/2022 09:05AM AEST Jayne Azzopardi: Deputy Prime Minister Barnaby Joyce will be ordered to lift his game by angry Nationals MPs at a party room meeting tomorrow after the release of his text messages labelling the Prime Minister a “hypocrite and a liar”. Joining us to discuss, Finance Minister Simon Birmingham and Shadow Treasurer Jim…
Topic(s): Aged care; WA borders; Laura Jayes: Let’s go live back to South Australia now. The Finance Minister, Simon Birmingham joins me as he does every Friday. Thanks so much for your time. We see the crisis in aged care at the moment. Hundreds of aged care residents have died with COVID Mr Birmingham. Hundreds are being…