E&OE……………………………………………… Subject: Competition law ROSS GREENWOOD: Let’s go to the man who is responsible for all of this, he is inside the Federal Cabinet, that is important. That is the Small Business Minister Bruce Billson. Many thanks for your time Bruce. MINISTER BILLSON: Good to be with you and your listeners again Ross. ROSS…
E&OE……………………………………………… Subjects: Female entrepreneurs MINISTER BILLSON: It is a great honour to be here tonight with you all, and I wouldn’t have missed it for the world. I met Peace and thought I must do all I can to help Peace and Katy with their mission which is such a remarkable vision about how…
MINISTER BILLSON: Thanks Andrew. Thank you for all coming today. It does feel a little bit like my own electorate some forty to sixty kilometres out of Melbourne. That great southern hemisphere capital. You know of Santiago, Buenos Aires and Frankston. Great part of the world but not dissimilar in its challenges from here. People…
E&OE……………………………………………… Subjects: Competition policy review (Section 46), Superannuation penalty reform, Growing Jobs and Small Business package, other measures for small business. MINISTER BILLSON: Thanks Nicole. It is great to be here. Thank you to each and every one of you for coming along, but more sincerely, thanks for all you do for the economy and…
E&OE……………………………………………… Subjects: Harper recommendations, 7-Eleven, Cabinet leaks, ABC and Fairfax JON FAINE: Bruce Billson is the Minister for Small Business in the Abbott Federal Liberal Government. He is the Member for the seat of Dunkley, which is centred around Frankston and surrounding areas. Mr Billson, good morning to you. MINISTER BILLSON: Good morning to you…
E&OE……………………………………………… Subjects: Political gossip, competition policy review (Section 46) KIERAN GILBERT: First, I am joined by his Cabinet colleague, the Small Business Minister Bruce Billson. Mr Billson thanks very much for your time. MINISTER BILLSON: Thank you Kieran. KIERAN GILBERT: What do you make of Peter Dutton’s comments that some in the media, particularly Fairfax,…
E&OE……………………………………………… Subjects: 7-Eleven, Franchising, ACCC, Cabinet speculation, Canning By-election JUSTIN SMITH: Bruce Billson, Federal Small Business Minister is on the line. Hello Minister. MINISTER BILLSON: Justin, how are you? That is quiet the ice cream treat in your honour. You have taken one for the team there. JUSTIN SMITH: He has really stretched himself hasn’t…
E&OE……………………………………………… Subjects: Australian military expansion into Syria, National Reform Summit, PM visiting remote Indigenous communities, Canning by-election, republic debate RAFAEL EPSTEIN: Welcome to Fight Club. The Member for Isaacs, the ALP MP is Mark Dreyfus. He is the Shadow Attorney General, he is part of Bill Shorten’s Opposition. Mark, welcome. MARK DREYFUS: Good to be…
E&OE……………………………………………… Subjects: Small Business Budget Package, strengthening jobs and the economy PETER SWITZER: One of the government’s greatest achievements in 2015 was the Small Business Initiative, which gave businesses up to $20,000 tax offsets per equipment purchased. This has been sighted by the likes of JB HI FI as a part of its improved proper…
E&OE……………………………………………… Subject: Samsung washing machine recall, same sex marriage JUSTIN SMITH: It has been two years since Samsung issued their urgent recall for their top loader washing machines. Shockingly, one recalled machine bursts into flames each week, in this State alone, since April. Once a week – blows up – unbelievably dangerous. But despite the…