Transcript, E&OE Topics: Finance Minister appointment; Federal Budget 2020. 09 October 2020 David Penberthy: Congratulations to our next guest, he’s got a brand new job coming up at the end of the month. South Australian Senator, Simon Birmingham, set to become the Finance Minister and leader of the Government in the Senate. Senator, good morning to…
DetailsTranscript, E&OE Topics: Mathias Cormann nomination for OECD; budget; trade 08 October 2020 Kieran Gilbert: First though, I’m joined by the newly announced and incoming finance minister, to be sworn in later in the month, but also now the Trade and Tourism Minister, acting Foreign Minister- and you’re going to be Leader of the Government in…
DetailsTopics: Queensland’s COVID restrictions 02/10/20 5:19PM Luke Bradman: Not every day we get to speak to a senator, but we have Senator Simon Birmingham, who’s the Minister for Trade, Tourism and Investment, joining us on the phone at the moment. G’day Simon. Welcome to the show mate. How are you? Simon Birmingham: Hey…
DetailsTopics: Australia-New Zealand travel bubble, Queensland border opening up to New South Wales from 1 November. 02/10/20 05:13pm Jim Wilson: Well, as I mentioned earlier in the program, the Federal Government has announced what’s described as a safe travel bubble with New Zealand. Now, initially, it’ll be all one way traffic. New Zealanders will…
DetailsTranscript, E&OE Topics: WA border restrictions; travel bubble with New Zealand; delay of supplies at Port of Botany. 29 September 2020 David Speers: In an expected move late today, the West Australian Premier Mark McGowan has softened the restrictions on people travelling to WA from Victoria and New South Wales. Throughout the pandemic, WA has stood…
DetailsTranscript, E&OE Topics: Trans-Tasman travel bubble, tourism support package, state border openings. 28 September 2020 Dave Marchese: Well, imagine bungee jumping in Queensland or- Queenstown, sorry, or trekking around beautiful Milford Sound on New Zealand’s South Island. This music kind of takes you there, doesn’t it? It sounds pretty good, and it probably brings back a…
DetailsTranscript, E&OE Topics: travel bubble with New Zealand, interstate border bubble 28 September 2020 Scott Emerson: It’s school holidays right now and if travel was an option, would you be planning a holiday within Australia? Would you like the chance to travel to New Zealand? Well, the New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has said that…
DetailsTranscript, E&OE Topics: Trans-Tasman bubble with New Zealand; opening borders to Pacific Island nations; domestic tourism; Australia’s hydrogen industry. 28 September 2020 Kieran Gilbert: Let’s go live to Adelaide now. Simon Birmingham joins me, the Trade and Tourism Minister. Thanks for your time. How important or significant would it be to have that travel bubble with…
DetailsTopics: Trans-Tasman travel bubble and interstate travel 28 September 2020 Ali Clarke: Simon Birmingham is the Minister for Trade, Tourism and Investment. Simon, we just heard from our Health Minister that the international travel bubble will be controlled by the Federal Government. Considering South Australia’s done so well looking after COVID, why isn’t South Australia being…
DetailsTranscript Topics: Regional tourism recovery package. 27 September 2020 Simon Birmingham: Thanks very much for coming. Today the Morrison Government is announcing further support and assistance for our tourism industry to help the save yet more jobs through the coronavirus crisis. As Government we’ve provided more than $300 billion worth of economic support to make sure…
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