SENATOR THE HON SIMON BIRMINGHAM Minister for Trade, Tourism and Investment TRANSCRIPT – Doorstop, Parliament House CANBERRA 22 July 2019 9:30AM REPORTER: Can we ask we’ve got the Prime Minister for Papa New Guinea here. He said he wants a timeline for the closure of any offshore processing on Manus Island. When is…
DetailsSENATOR THE HON MATTHEW CANAVAN Minister for Resources and Northern Australia SENATOR THE HON SIMON BIRMINGHAM Minister for Trade, Tourism and Investment TRANSCRIPT E&OE TRANSCRIPT Topics: Hydrogen liquefication; Japan; Employment; 19/07/2019 11:40AM Matt Canavan: This project builds on the best of our past to create our future. Creating a better of…
Details19 JULY 2019 Thanks for that welcome, it’s a thrill to be able to join you all here for this next stage of the hydrogen energy supply chain, particularly to join my colleague and mate in federal cabinet, Matt Canavan. Thank you, Matt. I echo all of your words and in particular, your acknowledgement…
DetailsJoint Media Release Senator the Hon Matthew Canavan Minister for Resources and Northern Australia Senator the Hon Simon Birmingham Minister for Trade, Tourism and Investment 19 July 2019 Construction has started on a half-billion dollar pilot hydrogen project which has the potential to create $2 billion in exports for Australia. Works began on liquefaction facilities…
DetailsE&OE TRANSCRIPT Doorstop interview, Adelaide Topics: Fifth anniversary of MH17; Cabinet appointments; Uighurs 17/07/19 2:30PM Simon Birmingham: Thanks very much for coming along today. The fifth anniversary of the tragic downing of Flight MH17 is an occasion for us to recommit to ensuring justice for the victims and their families of this horrific incident.…
DetailsE&OE TRANSCRIPT Interview on ABC 891, Breakfast with Ali Clarke and David Bevan Topics: Health documents; Newstart; Naval Shipbuilding 17/7/2019 8:35AM David Bevan: Well, let’s welcome to ABC Radio Adelaide Simon Birmingham, South Australian Liberal Senator, Minister for Trade… good morning to you… Simon Birmingham: Good morning, good to be with you.…
DetailsAustralia’s spectacular tourism offerings continue to capture the hearts of locals, with more Aussies than ever choosing to holiday in their own backyard. The latest National Visitor Survey released today shows that for the year ending March 2019, Australians took 109 million overnight trips around the country and spent a record $75 billion, up 14…
DetailsE&OE Topics: Personal income tax cuts. 4/07/2019 Ali Clarke: Senator Simon Birmingham, South Australian Senator and Minister for Trade, Tourism and Investment. Good morning. Simon Birmingham: Good morning Ali and David. Ali Clarke: So it looks like the vote has been secured, the tax windfall will come but when do we get the money? Simon Birmingham: Well…
Details3 July 2019 Australia registered a record trade surplus in May, underlining the continuing economic dividends the nation’s strong export sector is delivering. The May trade surplus reached $5.7 billion, surpassing the previous monthly record of $5.4 billion in February 2019, according to new data released today by the Australian Bureau of Statistics. Australia’s five…
DetailsE&OE Topics: RBA interest rate cut; legislating tax cuts; unemployment rate. 3/07/2019 Ali Clarke: Simon Birmingham, after the RBA cut interest rates to 1 percent yesterday, are you worried about our economy? Simon Birmingham: Well I’m not worried about our economy, our economy’s got great resilience and it’s economic fundamentals are strong, and we’ve got faster economic…
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