Topics: Net zero targets; international borders; Tourism recovery; Jobs market; 17/10/2021 08:15 AM Kieran Gilbert: Joining me is the minister for Finance, Simon Birmingham, joining me from Adelaide. Minister, thanks for your time, Andrew. Just reporting that the prime minister took polling to cabinet last week showing 80 per cent support for net zero…
Topics: Labour force data; JobKeeper; Net zero emissions; 11/10/2021 9:38AM Laura Jayes: Well, Australia’s unemployment rate remains close to twelve and a half year lows. That’s despite extended lockdowns in Victoria and New South Wales. These figures look good on the surface, but it could be masking other issues in our economy. Joining me…
Topics: Hekmatullah; Climate targets; Taiwan; 11/10/2021 9:38AM David Bevan: Let’s welcome Senator Simon Birmingham, Minister for Finance and Leader of the Government in the Senate. Good morning, Minister. Simon Birmingham: Good morning, David. Good morning, Penny and good morning, listeners. David Bevan: And Senator Penny Wong, good morning to you. Penny…
Topics: Liberal candidate for Makin; Net zero targets; Glasgow climate conference; Labor procurement plan; 09/10/2021 11:45AM Simon Birmingham: Great to be here with our new candidate Alan Howard-Jones the new Liberal candidate for Makin. Alan is an exceptionally hard working individual in the community with his family and so well-connected in terms of the…
Topics: Dan Cregan; Booster shots for immunocompromised Australians; 08/10/2021 5:25PM Jules Schiller: Finance Minister and the most senior Liberal in the state joins me now. Mr. Simon Birmingham, welcome Simon. Jules Schiller: Hello, Jules. Good to be with you. Simon Birmingham: Just off the back of this announcement from Dan Cregan, I…
Date: Friday, 8 October 2021 Topic(s): Centre for National Resilience; Borders; vaccines; GST; Election Nadia Mitsopoulos: Simon Birmingham has been in town to talk up a new quarantine facility being built at Pearce Air Base. He also announced the federal government will provide water to the neighbouring town of Bullsbrook after groundwater there was contaminated by toxic chemicals…
Date: Friday, 8 October 2021 Topic(s): Bullsbrook water supply; Vaccines GST; Nuclear-powered submarines Gareth Parker: Minister, good morning. Simon Birmingham: Good morning, Gareth. Great to be with you. Gareth Parker: Thanks for your time. You’ve been up to quite a few things. I don’t want to just start with Bullsbrook, where there has been a long running issue around water…
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…