Date: Friday, 8 October 2021 Topic(s): Centre for National Resilience; Borders; Vaccines; France Laura Jayes: Simon Birmingham. Good to see you. Thanks so much for your time. We’ll get to the reason why you’re in WA in just a moment. But Victoria has recorded a new grim milestone. We’re talking about record cases. They’re nudging 2000 cases…
Date: Thursday, 7 October 2021 Topic(s): Centre for National Resilience; GST; Borders; Nuclear-powered submarines Simon Birmingham: I’m delighted to be here as we now commence the formal construction works on the West Australian Centre of National Resilience that we are building here to ensure that in the long term, in the future we have better, stronger capabilities to…
Topic: SA vaccination rates, National Plan 6/10/2021 9:20AM Will Goodings: South Australian Senator and Federal Finance Minister Simon Birmingham, Senator, good morning to you. Simon Birmingham: Good morning, guys. Great to be with you. David Penberthy: So we’re clearly powering ahead now Birmo, compared to where we were three or four…
Topics: COVID Disaster Payment; Economy; China-Australia relationship; EU trade deal; Trans-Pacific Partnership; 03/10/2021 01:00PM AEST Ross Greenwood: Joining me now, Finance Minister Simon Birmingham. Minister, many thanks to your time. Can I just start with the suspension of the COVID relief payments as economies around Australia reopen. This week, you’ve been tackled in…
Topics: International borders; Gladys Berejiklian; Vaccine rates; Integrity commission; Climate convention 01/10/2021 04:05PM ACST Jules Schiller: I’m joined now by Senator for South Australia, the most senior Liberal in the state, Senator Simon Birmingham. Welcome, Simon. Simon Birmingham: Hello, Jules. Good to be with you again. Jules Schiller: Look, it is good…
Topics: EU trade deal; International borders; Border closures; Rapid antigen testing; 01/10/2021 9:20AM AEST Laura Jayes: Joining us is the Finance Minister Simon Birmingham, who used to be the trade minister. So can you give us any update on what’s happening with those negotiations? Simon Birmingham: Hi, Laura, look good to talk. As…
Topics: Financial Assistance; JobKeeper; COP26 01/10/2021 7:05AM ACST Hamish Macdonald: Businesses that can’t open because of COVID restrictions will lose federal support payments within weeks as the Morrison government moves to wind back COVID support despite ongoing lockdowns, with case numbers spiking in Victoria and Queensland battling to avoid a snap lockdown, the federal…
Topics: Disaster assistance payments; COVID-19 response 29/09/2021 7:00PM Waleed Aly: Finance Minister Simon Birmingham joins us now, thankfully not on Zoom and on his own. So why would you do this when your own plan, your own national plan that your government is pushing says that there will still need to be lockdowns after…
Date: Wednesday, 29 September 2021 Topic(s): Financial Assistance; National Plan; Net Zero emissions Michael Rowland: Simon Birmingham, good morning to you. Firstly, why now? Simon Birmingham: Morning Michael? Sorry Michael, what was the question there? Michael Rowland: Why have you decided to start tapering off the payments when 70 and 80 per cent thresholds are reached? Simon Birmingham: Well, because it’s…
Date: Tuesday, 28 September 2021 Topic(s): Financial assistance; National Plan; Net Zero emissions Sabra Lane: Minister, thanks for joining AM. You’re winding back payments when 70 and 80 per cent vaccination targets are met. Are you deliberately trying to discourage the states from keeping lockdowns in place beyond those targets now? Simon Birmingham: Certainly not Sabra. What we’ve seen…