Radio interview on FIVEAA, Adelaide

E&OE TRANSCRIPT Topics: Latest international Visitor and National Visitor Survey results (Sept 2018 quarter) Journalist: We’ve got the Federal Trade and Tourism Minister Simon Birmingham on the phone. Good morning Senator. This is good news for South Australia especially your home state, are you happy that we’re doing so well perhaps at the expense of other…

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Interview on Today Show, Channel 9 

E&OE TRANSCRIPT Topics: Latest international Visitor and National Visitor Survey results (Sept 2018 quarter) Presenter: …this is good news for regional Australia. Simon Birmingham: This is awesome news for regional Australia. You know we spent $113 billion dollars from tourism-related activity injected into Australia in 2018, and that’s fuelled by around eight point four million international…

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Doorstop interview, Townsville

E&OE TRANSCRIPT Topics: Tourism in Townsville Phillip Thompson: I’d like to welcome back to Townsville Minister Birmingham and also welcome Senator Ian Macdonald, the senator in the north. We are here today at Adrenaline Dive and Snorkel and it was pleasing for me to learn that the reef is thriving here in Townsville and we…

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Doorstop interview, Townsville

  E&OE TRANSCRIPT   Topics: Trade and export opportunities   Phillip Thompson: Welcome back to town Minister Birmingham. The weather’s held off and it’s nice and sunny today, and it’s not as humid as Cairns I was just told. It’s important that we’re here today with Roy and his team because they provide an essential…

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Doorstop interview, Cairns

E&OE TRANSCRIPT Topics: Cairns wins bid to host major business event; Cairns tourism Simon Birmingham: Great to be here in beautiful tropical north Queensland, yes indeed for trade tourism and investment. Thank you. Journalist: Minister, what brings you to Cairns? Simon Birmingham: Well I’m here to meet and speak with tourism industry and spend time…

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