Subjects: Candidates, Liberal Campaign Launch, Labor Campaign Launch, Budget EO&E………………………………………………………… DEB KNIGHT: Joining me now in Melbourne is Labor’s Anthony Albanese and Coalition’s Simon Birmingham in Adelaide for us this morning. Good morning to you both. SIMON BIRMINGHAM: Morning Deb. ANTHONY ALBANESE: Morning. DEB KNIGHT: Simon, Mr Singh is the third Liberal candidate to be…
Subjects: Debate; Child care wages; Scott Morrison EO&E………………………………………………………… KIERAN GILBERT: Simon Birmingham, on to the cancer claim why hasn’t the Government moved to match Labor on that because it’s clearly a very popular initiative. SIMON BIRMINGHAM: Well Kieran we don’t go around matching Labor’s big spending promises because we know that if you just follow all…
Subjects: Families in politics, Border Protection; Nuclear Power; Clive Palmer; Egging; EO&E………………………………………………………… AMANDA RISHWORTH: Hardship story, what he was characterizing was the fact that, a lot of people don’t get to follow their dreams. They don’t get to realize their full potential in what they want to become. As he summed up is that his…
Subjects: Bill Shorten’s tax blunder; Industrial relations; US-China trade tensions; Section 44 EO&E………………………………………………………… TOM CONNELL: Campaign spokesperson and the Trade Minister as well, thanks for your time. SIMON BIRMINGHAM: G’day Tom, good to be with you. TOM CONNELL: Just to start off, in one of your old areas, child care. Now Labor’s used essentially your…
Subjects: The choice at this election, economic management, surplus budget, candidate vetting EO&E………………………………………………………… MICHAEL ROWLAND: Trade Minister Simon Birmingham. Minister good morning to you. SIMON BIRMINGHAM: G’day Michael, good to be with you. MICHAEL ROWLAND: The two opinion polls out this morning show that Labor is on track for a comfortable victory in a fortnight…
SIMON BIRMINGHAM: Bill Shorten has developed a habit during this election campaign, that in the rare occasions that he fronts up to do media interviews, he then tells what seems to be seems to be outright lies as part of those interviews. Let’s just have a look at his performance today when he fronted up…
Subjects: Labor’s campaign launch; climate policy; multinational tax avoidance; proposed drilling in the Great Australian Bight. EO&E………………………………………………………… SIMON BIRMINGHAM: Today Bill Shorten gave a 50 minute long speech at Labor’s campaign launch, but provided no detail of the costs of his policies, costs of his higher taxes, and the cost burden that would be worn…
Subjects: Campaining; candidate resignations EO&E………………………………………………………… DEB KNIGHT: The tight race for the campaign turns nasty. SIMON BIRMINGHAM: Good morning Deb… DEB KNIGHT: Albo these are going to far though when police have to be called in? ANTHONY ALBANESE: Well there’s a question here Deb over whether the police have in fact been called in over…
Subjects: Tourism announcement EO&E………………………………………………………… WARREN ENTSCH: Thanks very much for being here today, it’s a very, very important day for tourism. I welcome our Minister here, Simon Birmingham, our tourism Minister here, it is great to have our Douglas Shire Mayor, Julia Leu, Wendy’s here, Wendy Morris, is here of course is the Chair of…
Subjects: Cambodia; Border Protection; Carbon Modelling; Bill Shorten; Candidates. EO&E………………………………………………………… SABRA LANE: On our lead story about Cambodia, Australia spent $55 million settling three asylum seekers in Cambodia, one of them says they were tricked by the Government. Does it make the whole policy look wasteful? SIMON BIRMINGHAM: Sabra my understanding is this was a voluntary…