The Hon David Coleman MP Minister for Immigration, Citizenship, Migrant Services and Multicultural Affairs Senator the Hon Simon Birmingham Minister for Trade, Tourism and Investment MEDIA RELEASE 01 July 2019 WORKING HOLIDAY VISA EXPANSION HAS BENEFITS AT HOME AND ABROAD An expansion of the Working Holiday Maker (WHM) visa program which takes effect…
DetailsRecord numbers of tourists from South and South East Asia are spearheading strong growth in new and emerging markets, according to the latest International Visitor Survey released today. Federal Minster for Tourism Simon Birmingham said Australia’s tourism industry continued to show solid growth with more than 8.5 million international travellers spending a record $44.3…
Details7 June 2019 G20 Ministerial Meeting on Trade and Digital Economy Minister for Trade, Tourism and Investment Simon Birmingham and Minister for Industry, Science and Technology Karen Andrews will attend the G20 Ministerial Meeting on Trade and the Digital Economy in Tsukuba, Japan on 8 and 9 June 2019. Minister Birmingham said…
Details7 June 2019 Australia’s trade surplus reached a record high last quarter, highlighting the important contribution of the nation’s export sector to the Australian economy and to creating more jobs. The trade surplus for the March quarter 2019 was $13.6 billion (up $4.8 billion), and in April, Australia registered a monthly trade surplus…
DetailsMinister for Youth and Sport Richard Colbeck will join Australian business and sports luminaries at the third annual AFL match in Shanghai today, celebrating the deepening cultural and commercial relationship between Australia and China. The Minister’s visit rounds off the inaugural ‘Festival of Australia’, a two-week business promotion program that showcased Australian goods and services…
DetailsI thank Prime Minister Scott Morrison for my re-appointment today as Australia’s Minister for Trade, Tourism and Investment and as Deputy Leader of the Government in the Senate. Increasing opportunities for Australian farmers and businesses to sell goods and services overseas, attracting job-creating overseas investment, as well as luring more overseas travellers to Australia forms…
DetailsJoint release with SA Minister for Education A re-elected Morrison Government, together with the Marshall Liberal Government will deliver $4 million to protect and preserve South Australia’s historic ‘Vickers Vimy’ aircraft, made famous for being the first ever aircraft to fly between Australia and England, almost 100 years ago. Minister for Trade Tourism and…
DetailsAlthough Mr Shorten was not allowed within 2,500 kilometres of Labor’s costings announcement in Canberra, he botched the explanation of his fast-unravelling $9.9 billion policy of using taxpayer funds to top up private sector wages. Initially Labor announced its policy with a media release claiming a pay rise was imminent for “early childhood educators”. One…
DetailsTanya Plibersek has revealed a startling inability to explain how Labor’s highly irregular economic policy of using taxpayer dollars to top up private sector wages would work. When asked three times on AM this morning about ‘knock on’ state tax liabilities, which may threaten the viability of thousands of child care centres, the Labor Deputy…
DetailsLabor’s highly irregular plan to spend taxpayer dollars topping up private sector wages is not only an unprecedented intervention into Australia’s wages market, it has major implications for the future of many smaller childcare centres. While Labor’s scheme would not change anything about the way a centre is run, it would impose big new payroll…
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