Media release 04 August 2020 Australia recorded its largest financial year trade surplus in 2019-20, off the back of booming goods exports, according to new data released today from the Australian Bureau of Statistics. The data shows that despite severe global economic shocks from COVID-19, Australia posted a record financial year trade surplus…
DetailsStatement Senator The Hon Simon Birmingham, Acting Minister for Foreign Affairs The Hon Greg Hunt MP, Minister for Health The Hon Alex Hawke MP, Minister for International Development and the Pacific 28 July 2020 Australia is sending an AUSMAT medical team to Papua New Guinea to support our friend and neighbour as it manages a concerning rise in COVID-19…
Details27 July 2020 In a win for our wine exporters, Australia has today reached an agreement with Canada to remove unfair restrictions on Australian wine sales imposed by the Canadian federal government and in the provinces of Ontario and Nova Scotia. Federal Trade Minister Simon Birmingham said the removal of these discriminatory measures would increase…
DetailsSouth Australia’s iconic nature-based tourism sector will get a much-needed boost – with works starting on the $10 million Remarkable Southern Flinders Ranges project which will help fast track the state’s economic recovery after the COVID-19 pandemic. The project will transform the region into a world-class adventure tourism destination with an international mountain bike track…
DetailsJoint media release Senator the Hon Simon Birmingham, Minister for Trade, Tourism and Investment, Deputy Leader of the Government in the Senate, Senator for South Australia Senator the Hon Jonathon Duniam, Assistant Minister for Regional Tourism, Assistant Minister for Forestry and Fisheries, Senator for Tasmania 08 July 2020 Australians holidaying in their own backyard this…
DetailsSENATOR THE HON SIMON BIRMINGHAM Minister for Trade, Tourism and Investment Deputy Leader of the Government in the Senate Senator for South Australia THE HON ANDREW GEE MP Minister for Decentralisation and Regional Education Minister Assisting the Minister for Trade and Investment Federal Member for Calare Media Release 5 July 2020 New export opportunities for Australian…
DetailsJoint media release The Hon Michael McCormack MP, Deputy Prime Minister, Minister for Infrastructure, Transport and Regional Development Senator the Hon Simon Birmingham, Minister for Trade, Tourism and Investment The Hon David Littleproud MP, Minister for Agriculture, Drought and Emergency Management Senator the Hon Jonathon Duniam, Assistant Minister for Forestry and Fisheries 03 July 2020…
DetailsJoint media release Senator the Hon Simon Birmingham, Minister for Trade, Tourism and Investment Senator the Hon Marise Payne, Minister for Foreign Affairs, Minister for Women 26 June 2020 We are pleased to announce the appointment of two new Consuls-General to Austrade posts in Milan and Houston. These two appointees will promote Australia’s…
DetailsJoint statement 17 June 2020 Today we are very pleased to announce the launch of free trade agreement (FTA) negotiations between Australia and the United Kingdom. An FTA between our two nations, close allies with deep historical and people-to-people ties, will support the economic recovery from COVID-19 and take our bilateral trade and…
DetailsMedia release 17 June 2020 Australia and the United Kingdom have today announced the commencement of negotiations on a bilateral free trade agreement (FTA), which will start a new chapter in the economic relationship and help to boost export flows between our two nations. Trade Minister Simon Birmingham said Australia was ready to…
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