Topics: Australia-China relationship; Cruising; New tourism campaign targeting New Zealanders. 10/12/20 6:09AM Ben Fordham: Well, another day, another threat of Chinese sanctions. Cotton and wheat farmers have been warned they are next. Our wheat trade with China is worth about $500 million; cotton even more – $600 million annually. This latest warning comes a…
DetailsTopics: Industrial relations bill; Foreign relations bill; Australia-China trade relations 07/12/2020 07:47AM Peter Stefanovic: Well, casual workers earning greater rights to permanent employment will be among proposed changes when the Government unveils its industrial relations bill this week. Joining me live now from Canberra is Simon Birmingham, Minister for Finance, Trade and Tourism. Minister,…
DetailsTopics: Returning Australians from overseas, IR law reform, Foreign Relations Bill, 2030 emissions targets. 12/7/2020 07:36AM Fran Kelly: Simon Birmingham is the Minister for Trade and Finance and Leader of the Government in the Senate. Simon Birmingham, welcome back to Breakfast. Simon Birmingham: Good morning, Fran. Thanks for the opportunity. Fran Kelly: …
DetailsTopics: Breach at Sydney Airport; returning Australians; quarantine rules 07/12/2020 07:20AM Samantha Armytage: Minister, good morning to you. Now, it was New South Wales police officers who incorrectly allowed the travellers to get on a domestic flight to Melbourne. They have put up their hand, these police officers, and said they did the…
DetailsTopics: Breach of quarantine rules in Sydney; Foreign Relations Bill; Lachlan Murdoch’s Christmas party. 7/12/20 07:13AM Michael Rowland: Speaking of Christmas, it is the final parliamentary sitting week of the year in Canberra and there is a lot going on. Let’s bring in the Finance and Trade Minister Simon Birmingham. Minister, good morning to…
DetailsTopics: Final parliamentary sitting week; Foreign Relations Bill; returning Australians 2/12/20 08:50AM Simon Birmingham: Final parliamentary sitting week of a year 2020, which has been a year unlike any other. Important priority for this week, remains the health and economic security and safety of Australians, the passage of the extension of the coronavirus…
DetailsTopics: Tourism Australia’s holiday gifting campaign, China’s tariffs on Australian wine. 05/12/20 09:26AM Rebecca Maddern: Welcome back to Weekend Today. The January-December holiday period last year was worth a whopping $4.1 billion to New South Wales, $3.4 billion to Victoria but this year, obviously, things will look very, very different. Richard Wilkins: That’s…
DetailsTopics: Australia lifted out of recession; JobKeeper and JobMaker programs; Australia-China trade relationships; Australian lamb trade with Qatar. 02/12/20 3:37PM Jim Wilson: Well, overnight tensions between Australia and China escalated further, this time with the Chinese Communist Party mouthpiece The Global Times publishing a cartoon of a bloodied kangaroo targeting an Australian journalist. I’ll…
DetailsTopics: Australia-China relationship; Tariffs on Australian wine; World Trade Organization; 2/12/20 08:50AM David Penberthy: Yesterday, at about 7 o’clock, we were aiming to catch up with South Australian Senator, Simon Birmingham. We did get in touch with him over the course of the day and he joins us now on 5AA Breakfast. Minister, good…
DetailsTopics: Opening of Queensland border; Domestic Tourism; Trade dispute with China; International students returning to Australia. 30/11/20 Simon Birmingham: Can I firstly welcome the news that the Queensland border is going to open to visitors from New South Wales and Victoria. Queensland tourism operators have done it incredibly tough this year; it…
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