E&OE TRANSCRIPT Interview on ABC Radio Adelaide, Mornings with David Bevan. Topics: Coronavirus, JobKeeper payments, 09/04/20 09:07AM David Bevan: Simon Birmingham, good morning to you. Simon Birmingham: Good morning, David, and good morning to your listeners. David Bevan: Do you think you’re getting the hang of this, this whole coronavirus thing? We’re settling into…
DetailsJoint media release The Hon Michael McCormack MP, Deputy Prime Minister, Minister for Infrastructure, Transport and Regional Development The Hon David Littleproud MP, Minister for Agriculture, Drought and Emergency Management Senator the Hon Jonathon Duniam, Assistant Minister for Forestry, Fisheries and Regional Tourism 09 April 2020 Premium quality Australian seafood will soon be on…
DetailsStatement 08 April 2020 Australia’s tourism industry demonstrated strong growth in 2019, according to the latest International Visitor Survey and National Visitor Survey data, highlighting the important role tourism will play in the economic recovery when the COVID-19 crisis passes. Today’s release from Tourism Research Australia for the year ending December 2019 shows that…
DetailsTranscript, E&OE Topics: Cruise Ships; Australian tourists overseas; Budget; Support Packages. 03 April 2020 Allison Langdon: Now, let’s bring in our Deputy Leader of the Opposition Richard Marles and Minister for Trade and Tourism and Investment Simon Birmingham. Simon, I mean, often we have — or normally we have Peter Dutton on this morning. Where…
DetailsTranscript, E&OE Topics: Exporting fresh produce, importing medical supplies. 01 April 2020 Deborah Knight: And yeah, the agriculture and seafood industries, they’ve been thrown this multimillion lifeline, and they, like a lot of industries, they’re hurting. The key Asian markets, they’ve ground to a halt. But today, the Federal Government is funding 200 planes packed…
DetailsTranscript, E&OE Topics: seafood industry 01 April 2020 Leon Byner: Now, this is a good news story because as you know South Australia is a wonderful food producer. As a country, as you would know, we produce enough food for 75 million people which means that we can feed ourselves first – we should –…
DetailsTopics: exporter support package, fishing industry, JobKeeper payment 01 April 2020 John MacKenzie: Simon Birmingham, good morning and thank you for taking this call. I know you’re under a lot of pressure. Simon Birmingham: Good morning John. Nice to speak with you again. John MacKenzie: Let’s talk about this. Now, what are you hearing about, well, for…
DetailsTranscript, E&OE Topics: Coronavirus impact on trade. 01 April 2020 Annelise Nielsen: Now joining us live is Trade Minister Simon Birmingham. Simon Birmingham, thank you for your time. Now, one of the really early impacts we saw in the coronavirus pandemic has been on Australian seafood exporters. I know the banks were saying they were the…
DetailsTranscript, E&OE Topics: Coronavirus; Support package. 01 April 2020 Natalie Barr: Australia’s agriculture and seafood industries have been given a boost this morning with the Government announcing a $170 million support package. The sectors have been hit hard by the coronavirus crisis after travel restrictions halted exports. A hundred and ten million dollars has been allocated…
DetailsTranscript, E&OE Topics: Coronavirus; Organised flights for seafood exports; PPE equipment; Future tax cuts. 01 April 2020 Michael Rowland: But first, we’re joined by Trade and Tourism Minister, Simon Birmingham. Minister good morning to you. Let’s go to those flights organised for the export of seafood. How important is that? Simon Birmingham: Michael, these are critical sectors…
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