E&OE Interview on Insiders with Annabel Crabb Topics: G20 summit; US-China trade relations and implications for Australia; Huawei; legislating tax cuts; Christopher Pyne. 30/06/2019 Annabel Crabb: Standing by in Adelaide, is Trade Minister Simon Birmingham. Thank you for joining us and welcome back to Australia. Simon Birmingham: Great to be with you Annabel. Annabel Crabb: Let’s…
DetailsE&OE Topics: G20 summit; US-China trade tensions; Chinese visitors to Australia; foreign investment; coal; AHKFTA; IA-CEPA; innovation. 28/06/2019 Interviewer: So do you think the G20 members can work out some sort of communique that actually is close to the consensus? Simon Birmingham: I hope so. That was achieved last year in Buenos Aries and having…
DetailsE&OE Topics: Australia-US alliance; G20 summit; US-China trade tensions; coal; AHKFTA; IA-CEPA. 28/06/2019 Interviewer: Prime Minister Scott Morrison kicked off the G20 schedules by discussing the diplomatic and security challenges including Iran and North Korea. Now Trump said he is committed to maximizing the economic partnership with Australia through fair, balanced, and mutually beneficial trade…
DetailsE&OE Topics: Australia-US alliance; G20 summit; US-China trade tensions; Iran; Alek Sigley. 28/06/2019 7:35AM Hamish Macdonald: Well, the US President Donald Trump has lauded the closeness of the Australia-US alliance during a dinner with the Prime Minister on the eve of the G20 Summit at the Japanese city of Osaka. But Scott Morrison took advantage of that…
DetailsE&OE Topics: Tax cuts package. 25/06/2019 Waleed Aly: Simon Birmingham is the Acting Treasurer, you saw him in that story there and he joins us now. So ultimately the controversy here boils down to that one big tax bracket in stage three of the cut so that bracket would then span people who are earning $45,000…
DetailsTopics: G20; US-China trade war; Labor’s decision not to support full tax relief package; IR reform; ‘Bad Blood’ series. 25/06/2019 David Speers: I want to continue on this front, talk about what we can expect at the G20 but also the tax cut debate back here. Joining me now is the Trade Minister and the Acting…
DetailsE&OE Topics: ‘Bad Blood’ series; foreign policy with regard to China; US-China trade war; Iran. 26/06/2019 Laura Jayes: And he joins us live now. Thanks so much for your time. First of all what are these revelations in the documentary Scott’s numbers, Scott Morrison’s numbers men accused of bringing down Turnbull for, well essentially to get…
DetailsE&OE Topics: Foreign policy with regard to China; US-China trade war; Iran; banning of mobile phones in classrooms in Victoria. 26/06/2019 7:30AM Michael Rowland: Trade and Acting Foreign Affairs Minister Simon Birmingham joins us now from Parliament House. Minister good morning. Simon Birmingham: Good morning Michael. Michael Rowland: Later today, later this morning, the Prime Minister is…
DetailsE&OE TRANSCRIPT Topics: US-China trade war; Iran. 26/06/2019 Sabra Lane: Good morning and welcome to AM. Simon Birmingham: Good morning Sabra. Sabra Lane: The collateral damage that the Prime Minister will talk about in his speech about the US – China trade, how has that affected Australia? Simon Birmingham: Well, Australia and indeed…
DetailsE&OE TRANSCRIPT Topics: Labor’s decision not to support full tax package; IR reform; Israel Folau. 25/06/2019 Simon Birmingham: Today the Labor Party made the extraordinary decision that they were not going to support the entirety of the Coalition Government’s plans for tax relief. And today Jim Chalmers has indicated that they may even seek to roll…
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