Topics: Budget 2021-22; Iron ore; Borders 18/05/2021 10:30AM Gareth Parker: What would you do with four thousand dollars? Finance Minister Simon Birmingham, good morning. Simon Birmingham: Good morning, Gareth. It’s great to be with you. Gareth Parker: Would it go to budget repair or perhaps capital expenditure? Simon Birmingham: I think right…
DetailsTopic: Budget 2021 14/05/2021 Leon Byner : Finance Minister Simon Birmingham. Simon, good morning. Simon Birmingham: Hello, Leon. It’s great to be with you again. Leon Byner : Tell me, how austere do we need to be as opposed to spend money on resources that are sadly lacking? Simon Birmingham: Well, what we need…
DetailsTopic: Budget 2021-22 12/05/2021 06:30PM Carrie Bickmore: Finance Minister Simon Birmingham may be better placed to answer that question than Chad, and he joins us now. Minister, let’s start with women. Would these same measures have been introduced had it not been for the national reckoning we’ve seen in recent months? Simon Birmingham: I’m confident…
DetailsTopic: Budget 2021-22 12/05/2021 05:30PM Avani Dias: Simon Birmingham, Federal Finance Minister, is here. And if you do have a question for him, text me. Minister, thanks for coming on Hack. Simon Birmingham: Hello, Avani. It’s great to be with you. Avani Dias: All right, let’s start with jobs. It’s a big one for young…
DetailsTopic: Budget 2021-22 12/05/2021 05:05PM Tom Elliot: The Federal Finance Minister, Simon Birmingham, Mr Birmingham. Good afternoon. Simon Birmingham: Hello, Tom. It’s great to be with you. Tom Elliot: Great, we’ve got the line working again. Now, there’s a really big number in the Budget figures and its $1 trillion. That’s where Federal Government debt…
DetailsTopic: Budget 2021-22 12/05/2021 4:00PM Patricia Karvelas: Simon Birmingham is the Finance Minister and my guest face to face. Welcome. Simon Birmingham: Hello, Patricia. Great to see you. Patricia Karvelas: Do you expect all Australians to be vaccinated by the end of the year? Simon Birmingham: Well no, Patricia. The vaccine approvals currently don’t extend,…
DetailsTopic: Budget 2021-22 12/05/2021 03:20PM Scott Emerson A spendathon, some describe it as labor lite or labor heavy, depending on who you are, and a lot of money, a lot of debt, a lot of deficit, but also designed to get jobs into the economy again, unemployment rate, push it down below five per cent.…
DetailsTopic: Budget 2021-22 12/05/2021 11:05 AM Nadia Mitsopoulos: Good morning, Minister. Simon Birmingham: Good morning, Nadia. Good to be with you. Nadia Mitsopoulos: Now you’re expecting deficits for the next 10 years. Net debt is expected to peak at nearly a trillion dollars in 2025. Where are the hard calls on how to pay off…
DetailsTopic: Budget 2021-22 12/05/2021 10:45AM Liam Bartlett: Joining us is federal Finance Minister Simon Birmingham. Minister, good morning. Simon Birmingham: Good morning, Liam. It’s great to be with you. Liam Bartlett: Minister, is this a budget or is this another stimulus package dressed up as a budget? Simon Birmingham: This is a budget that is…
DetailsTopic: Budget 2021-22 12/02/2021 10:30AM Mike O’Loughlin: Seven billion in structural spending for aged care. We’ve got Josh Frydenberg’s budget, which delivered the forecast for gross debt to pass one trillion in last October’s COVID delayed budget. And he laid out something of a plan to eventually start, I guess, chipping away at the mountain…
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