Topics: Australian in India; Quarantine facilities; Returning Australians; Catherine House; Budget: South Australian infrastructure; 03/05/2021 09:30AM David Bevan: Senator Simon Birmingham, the Minister for Finance, thank you for coming in. Simon Birmingham: Good morning. Good to be with you. David Bevan: And on the tie line, Senator Penny Wong, Shadow Foreign Affairs Minister. Good morning to…
Topics: Budget; Jobs; wage growth; quarantine facilities; Andrew Lamming; 29/04/2021 04:00PM Patricia Karvelas: Federal Treasurer Josh Frydenberg says he wants to drive the unemployment rate down to below pre pandemic levels, the unemployment rate is currently five point six per cent. But Mr Frydenberg says new Treasury modelling suggests it would need to be…
Topics: Jobs recovery; household savings; budget surplus 29/04/2021 04:40PM Jim Wilson: Simon Birmingham is the Finance Minister and he joins me live on the line this afternoon. Minister, welcome back to Drive. Simon Birmingham: Jim, it’s great to be with you again. Jim Wilson: Good on you. The last time our unemployment rate…
29/04/2021 03:30PM Scott Emerson: Federal budget will be delivered on May the 11th. The treasurer has come out today and said no. Well, tough measures in terms of cutting no cuts this time, but he will be aiming to get the unemployment rate down below pre pandemic levels. And he’s also promising lower taxes. Simon…
Interview on Sky News Live, AM Agenda with Laura Jayes Topics: Australia-China relationship; Australians in India; Climate Conference; George Christensen 23/04/2021 09:30AM Laura Jayes: Live now to the finance minister, Simon Birmingham, he joins us live from Adelaide. Thanks so much for your time. Are we just bracing for impact now from China in retaliation?…
Scott Emerson: Federal budget is only less than three weeks away now, and we’re joined now on the line by the Federal Finance Minister, Simon Birmingham. Minister, thanks for being on 4BC Drive. Simon Birmingham: Hello, Scott. It’s great to be with you again. Scott Emerson: Now, the budget’s not far away at…
Topics: Vaccine rollout; tax offset extension; Victoria’s belt & road initiative; Australia’s foreign arrangements; Chinese consulate opening; women’s safety; 22/04/2021 09:30AM David Bevan: Minister for Finance here in our federal government, but South Australia’s most senior Liberal politician is in our studio. Good morning, Senator Birmingham. Simon Birmingham: Good morning, David. Great to…
Topics: Economic recovery; vaccination rollout; employment figures; Christine Holgate; 16/04/2021 09:20AM Laura Jayes: Australian businesses are being told to grab the baton and run as consumer confidence fuels Australia’s jobs recovery. Unemployment has beat expectations, falling five point six per cent in March. But, well, ongoing concerns over the nation’s vaccine rollout have an impact…
Topics: Economic recovery; international travel; hotel quarantine; domestic tourism 16/04/2021 08:05AM Steve Price: The economy, it seems, has bounced back out of covered with an extraordinary strength. We have a unemployment rate that’s down to five point six per cent, although a number of the new jobs, it would appear a part time. We’ve…
Topics: Unemployment figures; international travel; dancers at defence event; 15/04/2021 05:35PM Jim Wilson: The work is out there for people to grab the unemployment figure has fallen from five point eight per cent to five point six per cent, 70,000 jobs added in the last month. And a record thirteen million Australians are in a…