Topics: Quarantine requirements; Alex Antic; Emissions reductions targets; Pandemic response; 06/12/2021 10:04AM AEST David Bevan: A big ABC Radio Adelaide welcome to Senator Penny Wong. Penny Wong: Good morning, David. Good to be with you. David Bevan: And a big ABC Radio Adelaide welcome to Senator Simon Birmingham. Simon Birmingham: Good…
Topics: Economic recovery; tax increases; tax receipts; GDP; Monetary policy settings; 06/12/2021 9:10AM AEST Question: The Minister as Michael Stutchbury mentions has been generous enough to give us more of his time for questions. Minister, thank you very much for your address and as you mentioned considering the audience in the room we…
Topics: Borders reopening; COVID child vaccination; Monthly financials; 06/12/2021 8:10AM AEST Sylvia Jeffries: Well, a huge decision is expected today about the reopening of Queensland. It comes as New South Wales and Victoria vow to press ahead, regardless of the growing threat from Omicron. David Campbell: For more, let’s bring in Finance Minister…
Topics: COVID child vaccination; Monthly financials; 06/12/2021 7:14AM AEST Natalie Barr: Finance Minister Simon Birmingham joins me now. Morning to you. Simon Birmingham: Morning, Nat. Natalie Barr: This approval by the TGA is the first step in getting kids vaccinated in this country. What else needs to happen before we can get…
Topics: COVID-19 child vaccination; Budget financials; Gladys Berejiklian; Commonwealth integrity commission; 06/12/2021 7:05AM AEST Michael Rowland: Finance Minister Simon Birmingham joins us now from Adelaide. Minister, good morning to you. Simon Birmingham: Good morning, Michael, good to be with you again. Michael Rowland: How important is it that parents or guardians vaccinate…
Topics: Newspoll; Emissions reductions targets; COVID-19; Economy; 06/12/2021 6:50AM AEST Peter Stefanovic: The latest round of Newspoll, Labor is leading as the favourite amongst voters to win the next election. Joining us live now is the finance minister, Simon Birmingham. Minister, good morning to you. Thanks for your time as always. So what do you…
Topics: End of Parliamentary year; Jenkins Review; Alan Tudge; Gender targets; Voting rights; 03/12/2021 09:05AM ACST Laura Jayes: So let’s go live to Adelaide now, the Minister Simon Birmingham, joins us, as he does every week, and there’s been some technical difficulties for us this morning, so we appreciate that, Minister. You must be…
Topics: Christian Porter; Greg Hunt; National accounts; Omicron; 01/12/2021 7:09PM AEST Oli Peterson: GDP has dropped 1.9 per cent in the September quarter, largely thanks to those lockdowns in Sydney and Melbourne. But it’s a very different story over here in Perth. The WA economy grew 0.6 per cent and since COVID struck. So…
Topics: National accounts; GDP; QLD quarantine facility; Greg Hunt: Christian Porter 01/12/2021 6:21PM AEST Steve Austin: Simon Birmingham is Australia’s finance minister. Simon Birmingham, thanks for coming on this afternoon. Simon Birmingham: Hello, Steve. It’s great to be with you again. Steve Austin: So what was the cause of the third biggest…
Topics: National accounts; Greg Hunt; Christian Porter 01/12/2021 4:20PM AEST Scott Emerson: The Australian economy contracted during the September quarter as a result, of course, of the COVID lockdowns in the nation’s two biggest cities, just as Australia learns to cope with this new variant of the virus, Omicron. New data from the Bureau…