Topics: Novak Djokovic; Rapid antigen tests; Maryborough floods; Vaccination rates; 14/01/2022 7:10AM AEST Sarah Abo: Well, supermarket purchase limits are back, rapid antigen tests are near impossible to find, and our aged care sector has entered crisis mode again. You’d be forgiven for thinking our government hasn’t had the time to prepare for living…
DetailsTopics: Restrictions; COVID response; Vaccination; Novak Djokovic; 09/01/2022 09:40AM AEST Jayne Azzopardi: This is not exactly what we thought living with COVID would look like. Richard Wilkins: A happy new year, one and all. So where do we go from here and how did we get here in the first place? Let’s discuss the week plus with…
DetailsTopics: Novak Djokovic; COVID-19 restrictions; Rapid antigen tests 07/01/2022 07:10AM AEST Charles Croucher: There is plenty more to unpack on Novak Djokovic’s visa fiasco. Let’s bring in the Finance Minister Simon Birmingham, who’s in Normanville in South Australia, and shadow treasurer Jim Chalmers in Brisbane. Good morning to you both. Simon, we’ll begin with…
DetailsTopics: COVID-19 response; vaccination rates; healthcare workforce; vaccination clinics; testing; support payments; rapid antigen tests; Old Parliament House damage; pathology testing providers; 04/01/2022 01:05PM ACST Simon Birmingham: Thanks very much for coming along today. Much has been asked of Australians throughout two years of the COVID-19 pandemic, and Australians have responded magnificently by supporting…
DetailsTopics: Tasmanian tragedy; MYEFO; grants programs 17/12/2021 10:15AM AEST Simon Royal: The Finance Minister, Simon Birmingham, is here with us to talk about these things. Simon Birmingham, good morning. Simon Birmingham: Good morning, Simon. Great to be with you again. Simon Royal: Good to have you with us. Can we go to…
DetailsTopics: COVID testing; economic performance; UK free trade deal 17/12/2021 9:20AM AEST Laura Jayes: Joining me live now is the Finance Minister Simon Birmingham. Thanks so much for your time. First of all, you’re back in Adelaide. There’s a lot of testing that needs to go on in order for us to move around…
DetailsTopics: MYEFO; Commonwealth support; Inflation; 17/12/2021 08:11AM AEST Sarah Harris: Now, despite 13 million Australians being locked down at some point or another during the pandemic, Australia’s economy is in much better shape than expected. Tristan MacManus: Yeah. Yesterday, Treasurer Josh Frydenberg released the Mid-Year Economic and Fiscal Outlook. And while our economy…
DetailsTopics: Tasmania tragedy; Budget deficit; Wages growth; Budget expenditure; 17/12/2021 07:32AM AEST Michael Rowland: Staying with the mid-year budget update, we’re joined now by the finance minister, Simon Birmingham, he joins us now from Adelaide. Minister, good morning. Simon Birmingham: Good morning, Michael, good job with you. Michael Rowland: Putting politics to…
DetailsTopics: Budget; Cost of living; Employment 17/12/2021 07:23AM AEST Monique Wright: We’re joined now by Finance Minister Simon Birmingham. Good morning to you, Minister. Thanks for being with us. Let’s start with your government being pretty much concerned once upon a time about getting back in the black, almost obsessed by it, some…
DetailsTopics: Omicron; Budget; Fiscal strategy; 16/12/2021 06:33PM AEST Peter Van Onselen: Finance Minister Simon Birmingham is behind the economic forecast and joins us now. Minister, let’s start with Omicron. Every epidemiologist that we’ve spoken to has said that it’s just too early to be so optimistic. So who is telling you guys differently? Simon Birmingham: Well, Pete, look, we are being…
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