Topic(s): Victorian lockdown; financial support; vaccine rollout; quarantine facilities Gabriella Power: Welcome back to AM Agenda. Victoria’s down is expected to cost the economy one billion dollars. Thousands of people will be out of work for the next seven days and this time there’s no JobKeeper. Joining us live is Finance Minister Simon Birmingham. Minister, thanks…
Topics: Victorian lockdown; vaccine rollout; Budget; quarantine facilities 27/05/2021 03:30PM Scott Emerson: Well, here we go again, COVID is running rampant in Victoria, and, of course, there are concerns that given how many people have been close contact with those with COVID now, that it could, of course, come here to Queensland as well. This…
Topics: Upper-Hunter by election; Kurri Kurri power station; vaccine passport; vaccine rollout; 24/05/2021 06:15AM Fran Kelly: But on another front, the Prime Minister’s facing stiff opposition to a plan he’ll take to the next national cabinet for what’s effectively a vaccine passport that would deny freedom of movement to Australians who refuse to be immunised.…
Topics: Netball SA Stadium redevelopment; SA public transport; Middle East ceasefire 21/05/2021 09:35AM Simon Birmingham: I’m thrilled to be here today to announce the fact that the Morrison Government is going to commit some $6 million to the upgrade of Adelaide’s prime netball stadium. It’s wonderful to be here with Corey Wingard, state minister…
Topics: Labour force data; international borders; vaccination rollout; UK FTA; 21/05/2021 09:15AM Laura Jayes: Live is the Finance Minister, Simon Birmingham, good to see you. Do these numbers yesterday justify ending JobKeeper when you did? Simon Birmingham: Hello, Laura. They certainly do. When we saw in the lead up to the end of…
Topics: Labour force data. 20/05/2021 05:10PM Jim Wilson: Let’s turn our attention to the economy where things continue to rebound from the pandemic. Today’s unemployment figures are very positive. The rate has fallen point one per cent to 5.5 per cent for April. Now, this will be very welcome news for the government as this…
Topics: Labour force data. 20/05/2021 05:00pm Linda Mottram: Well, the Finance Minister, Simon Birmingham, joined me earlier, I asked him about the mixed picture in the employment data, which, despite the floor falling unemployment rate, also shows fewer people looking for work. Simon Birmingham: Well it is important to look at the trends in…
Topics: Employment figures, vaccines. 20/05/2021 02:20pm Scott Emerson: Breaking news, and you’re not going to believe this. We saw the first unemployment figures come out post JobKeeper ending. Now, overall nationally, the numbers were down by 0.1 per cent in March, from March, 5.5 per cent for April, and as I said JobKeeper had finished…
Topics: Budget 2021-22; 18/05/2021 11:30AM Tom Connell: We’ve got the Prime Minister and his Ministers across the country right now trying to sell the budget to voters and of course, the media as well. We find Simon Birmingham the Finance Minister in WA spreading the message there, and he joins me live now. Minister, thanks…
Topics: Budget 2021-22; Iron ore; Borders 18/05/2021 10:30AM Gareth Parker: What would you do with four thousand dollars? Finance Minister Simon Birmingham, good morning. Simon Birmingham: Good morning, Gareth. It’s great to be with you. Gareth Parker: Would it go to budget repair or perhaps capital expenditure? Simon Birmingham: I think right…