Interview on ABC Radio Adelaide Breakfast with David Bevan and Ali Clarke

Transcript, E&OE Topics: Virgin Australia’s voluntary administration. 21 April 2020   David Bevan: Good morning to Federal Tourism and Trade Minister, Simon Birmingham. Simon Birmingham: Good morning, David, Ali, and listeners. David Bevan: Minister, will Australia have one airline, one carrier under your watch? Simon Birmingham: I hope not and that’s certainly not the government’s objectives. Our objective, as…

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Interview on ABC Country Hour (WA)

Transcript, E&OE Topics: new freight export deal. 16 April 2020   Belinda Varischetti: You might have caught it in the news that the Federal Government has just secured a deal worth about $30 million that we’ll see 18 freight export flights leave Perth over the next eight weeks, and they are going to be full of…

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Interview on ABC News, Afternoon Briefing, with Patricia Karvelas

Transcript, E&OE Topics: Airline and domestic tourism industries. 14 April 2020 Simon Birmingham: Good afternoon Patricia. Patricia Karvelas: Is the Government committed to maintaining a minimum domestic network of air travel between capital cities for goods and people that need to be moved quickly? Simon Birmingham: Patricia, that is an important consideration. We’ve already taken such steps in…

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