Transcript, E&OE Topics: Tourism Sector in SA; Border Closures. 13 August 2020 Emma Pedler: Yesterday, on the show, we caught up with our Federal Member for Grey Rowan Ramsey. He was telling us about how he and Senator Anne Ruston had been in meetings up the Coast there talking about predominantly the cashless debit…
DetailsTranscript, E&OE Topics: Tourism sector in Australia. 13 August 2020 Fran Kelly: There’s no relief in sight for the country’s beleaguered tourism sector. With no foreigners coming in and restrictions on state and territory borders now hampering domestic tourism, the industry’s, well in some quarters, ground to a halt. Now, the Federal Government says if…
DetailsTranscript, E&OE Topics: COVID-19 affected tourism and trade on the West Coast. 12 August 2020 Jason Regan: Joining me on the line at the moment, Federal Senator and the Minister for Trade, Tourism and Investment, Simon Birmingham. He’s on the West Coast of South Australia as we speak. Simon, welcome to Country View Point. How…
DetailsTranscript, E&OE Topics: Australian barley industry; trade relationship with China. 30 July 2020 Hugh Riminton: Thank you very much, Minister, for your time. Thank you for taking a couple of questions. I note the figures you have there of having over 50 countries so far that have applied subsidies that are related to the…
DetailsTranscript, E&OE Australia Tourism and Transport Forum Topics: Tourism industry in Australia post-COVID; Holiday Here This Year campaign. 30 July 2020 Margy Osmond: We would now like to welcome the Minister for Trade, Tourism and Investment Simon Birmingham who’s been one of the great warriors on behalf of the industry, always, but in particular over…
DetailsTranscript, E&OE Topics: Australian tourism industry; JobKeeper extension’s impact on tourism industry; Holiday Here This Year campaign. 28 July 2020 Alison Branley: So Simon, what have you been hearing about how tourism operators around the country have been fairing the last sort of three to four weeks? Simon Birmingham: This has been the most devastating…
DetailsTranscript, E&OE Topics: COVID-19; Unemployment; JobKeeper and JobSeeker. 27 July 2020 [Excerpt] Hamish Macdonald: Let’s put that to the Government. Let me bring in Senator Simon Birmingham who’s in our Adelaide studios tonight, and Katy Gallagher, the Shadow Finance Minister who is in Canberra tonight. You heard it very clearly there, Senator Birmingham – this…
DetailsTopics: Australia’s trade with China; manufacturing opportunities; energy prices; supply chain issues. 26/07/20 11:24AM Ticky Fullerton: Border shutdowns, tourism smashed, supply chains threatened. Quite a lot for the Federal Trade Minister to deal with. At the end of a big week for the government I spoke with Minister Simon Birmingham from Adelaide. I asked him…
DetailsTopics: JobKeeper and JobSeeker announcements 22/07/20 09:06AM David Bevan: But in the meantime, many of you are struggling with much, much smaller amounts of money, trying to get by on JobSeeker, maybe on JobKeeper, and while those payments were increased substantially at the start of a pandemic, the Government has said: well after September, which…
DetailsTopics: JobKeeper and JobSeeker payments; NZ-Australia travel bubble; finance minister position 21 July 2020 Kieran Gilbert: Let’s bring in live now from Adelaide the Trade and Tourism Minister Simon Birmingham. Minister, thanks so much for your time. The Prime Minister says when it comes to JobKeeper it’s too early to say whether it’s going…
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