Interview on Sky News Live, AM Agenda with Laure Jayes

Topics:   Sydney lockdown financial support; vaccine supply; 08/07/2021 09:15AM   Laura Jayes: Greater Sydney’s lockdown has been extended for another week, and residents of three south western Sydney LGAs face tightened restrictions. It is another setback for tourism, families, small businesses and big businesses alike. And they worry that they won’t survive this extension…

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Interview on 4BC Drive with Bill McDonald

Topics:  Queensland quarantine facilities; vaccine rollout 05/07/2021 03:20PM Bill McDonald:  Federal Finance Minister, Senator Simon Birmingham joins me now. Good afternoon, Senator.   Simon Birmingham: Hey, Bill. It’s good to be with you.   Bill McDonald: Thanks for your time. What role do you play in looking over this deal for the Pinkenba quarantine centre…

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Interview on ABC Insiders with David Speers

Topics:  Vaccine rollout; Quarantine facilities; Julia Banks; Auditor-General Report 4/07/2021 09:05AM   David Speers: Simon Birmingham, welcome to the program.   Simon Birmingham: Hello, David. Good to be with you.   David Speers: There are about 34,000 Australians still trying to come home, 10,000 are stuck in India. Are you also disappointed at this decision?…

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Interview on CH 10, The Project

Topics:  Vaccine rollout; 02/07/2021 07:00PM Peter Van Onselen: Finance Minister Simon Birmingham joins us now. Minister, what percentage of the population need to be vaccinated before we can get to phase two?   Simon Birmingham: Thanks Peter, well that’s work that we’re going to be working through, particularly with the experts at the Doherty Institute,…

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Doorstop, Cowandilla SA

Topics:   July 1 tax cuts; AstraZeneca; International arrivals; National Archives; David Ridgway 1/07/2021 1:45PM   Simon Birmingham: Thanks very much for coming along. It’s the 1st of July, which means the start of a new financial year and it’s wonderful to be here at ikonix Technology. It’s a wonderful South Australian based technology company.…

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Interview on CH 7 Sunrise with David Koch

Topics:   Queensland Premier; Lockdowns; July 1 tax cuts; 1/07/2021 07:15AM   David Koch:  Finance Minister Simon Birmingham joins me now. Simon Birmingham, are the comments from the Queensland premier and her chief medical officer, a danger to the public health of Australians?   Simon Birmingham: Good morning, Kochie. Well, they’re certainly deeply unhelpful, and…

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