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…
E&OE TRANSCRIPT Topics: TPP-11 Tony Pilkington: Good morning and welcome to 5AA. Simon Birmingham: Good morning Pilko, good to be with you. I might take you to task a little bit on that intro. Tony Pilkington: Well yeah go ahead because I’m all set ready to go. Simon Birmingham: Sure thing…
E&OE TRANSCRIPT Topics: Tourism in Townsville Phillip Thompson: I’d like to welcome back to Townsville Minister Birmingham and also welcome Senator Ian Macdonald, the senator in the north. We are here today at Adrenaline Dive and Snorkel and it was pleasing for me to learn that the reef is thriving here in Townsville and we…
E&OE TRANSCRIPT Topics: Trade and export opportunities Phillip Thompson: Welcome back to town Minister Birmingham. The weather’s held off and it’s nice and sunny today, and it’s not as humid as Cairns I was just told. It’s important that we’re here today with Roy and his team because they provide an essential…
E&OE TRANSCRIPT Topics: Cairns wins bid to host major business event; Cairns tourism Simon Birmingham: Great to be here in beautiful tropical north Queensland, yes indeed for trade tourism and investment. Thank you. Journalist: Minister, what brings you to Cairns? Simon Birmingham: Well I’m here to meet and speak with tourism industry and spend time…