Topics: 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…
DetailsTopics: July Economic Statement; Parliament Sitting Cancelled; JobKeeper extension; Freeze on MPs wages. 20 July 2020 David Penberthy: The risk of having politicians travel around the country has meant that on the advice of the acting Chief Medical Officer, Paul Kelly, that Parliament has been cancelled and will now not resume, until 24 August.…
DetailsTopics: Flinders funding announcement; JobKeeper extension; retirement of Mathias Cormann. 15/07/20 08:37AM Georgia Roberts: Well, South Australia’s nearly $8 billion tourism industry has taken a major financial hit, due to COVID-19. And with no certainty around when our borders will open to visitors, we’re being encouraged to be tourists in our own backyard. Work has started…
DetailsTopics: Chinese Trade Minister; Hong Kong; Balancing the relationship with China; return of international students, extending JobKeeper, Melbourne outbreak 10/07/20 09:08AM David Bevan: Good morning, Simon Birmingham. Simon Birmingham: Good morning. David Bevan, good to be with you and good morning to your listeners. David Bevan: Would you like to buy into…
DetailsTopics: Eden-Monaro by-election; Mathias Cormann stepping down; 06/07/2020 07:06AM Graeme Goodings: Joining me now on the line, is Senator, Simon Birmingham. Federal trade Minister, Senator, good morning to you. Simon Birmingham: Good morning, Graeme. Great to be with you. Graeme Goodings: What do you make of Eden-Monaro? Labor looked like winning it,…
DetailsTopics: New Support for Exporters; Free Trade Agreements; Trade Negotiations with The UK & EU; Australia Made Logo; Mathias Cormann. 03/07/20 09:18AM Matthew Pantelis: Good news if you’re a producer in South Australia if you’re coming up with some of the great food and drink and everything else that we produce here on the land…
DetailsTopics: Air freight support for farmers, free trade deal with Indonesia, situation in Hong Kong and effects to trade, Finance portfolio speculation, Eden-Monaro by-election. 03/07/2020 07:47AM Peter Stefanovic: Well, the Federal Government will spend $240 million to extend support for airfreight flights to help farmers and fishers export their fresh produce overseas. The funding boost…
DetailsTopics: Providing a Safe Haven for Hong Kongese; Free Trade Agreement with Indonesia; Dan Oakes. 03/07/2020 07:33AM Ben Knight: Trade Minister, Simon Birmingham, joins us now from Adelaide. Minister, good morning to you. The Prime Minister’s given a pretty strong signal that Australia is going to consider, at least safe haven, potentially pathway. What would you…
DetailsTopics: COVID-19 spreads to NSW; Review into JobKeeper; Future Submarine Program. 03/07/2020 07:13AM Allison Langdon: Well, the prediction nobody wanted to see come true, has. Victoria’s virus crisis crossing the border with confirmed cases in New South Wales and the top end linked to Melbourne’s outbreak. This, as the Prime Minister, again, attempts to enter…
DetailsTopics: $240 million dollars to keep international freight routes open for Australian exporters. 03/07/2020 07:24AM Samantha Armytage: Australia’s farmers and fishers have been thrown a lifeline – yay – with the Government committing $240 million to help keep international freight routes and flights operating. The money extends support for Aussie exports until the end of this…
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