Subject: (NSW Election Result) E&OE… KIERAN GILBERT: This is AM Agenda, thanks very much for your company. With me now, the Shadow Human Services Minister, Doug Cameron and the Assistant Education Minister, Senator Simon Birmingham. First to you, Minister, the result at the weekend, a clear win to Mike Baird; should this give the government…
I regret that I am not able to be in the Senate to make a contribution to today’s debate on same-sex marriage, but write this article to ensure my views and position are understood. The reason for my absence from the Senate is perhaps poignant, as I am taking some short leave following the…
Subject: (Higher Education Reforms) E&OE… STUART BOCKING: Senator Simon Birmingham is a member of the Senate himself, he’s the Assistant Minister for Education and Training and he’s on the line, Senator Birmingham good morning. SIMON BRIMINGHAM: Good morning Stuart and good morning to your listeners. STUART BOCKING: Is this a failure,…
GORGI COCHLAN: So how would you like to pay out more than the cost of a university degree for a diploma that might not be worth the paper it’s printed on? WALEED ALY: Which of these three training courses is real? A: a 21-day Diploma of Hypnotherapy for Pregnancy and Childbirth, costing $9,225; B: an…
Subject: (Higher Education Reforms) E&OE… SIMON BIRMINGHAM: Christopher Pyne has built a consensus of support amongst Australia’s higher education institutions for higher education reform, for our universities reform package. That is because whether it is the TAFE directors or the G8 (group of eight), whether it’s the private education providers or Universities Australia…
SIMON BIRMINGHAM: Thank you to the ACPET team, to Mel and the board members and representatives of different companies who are present here today. To our hosts from [indistinct] in education, thank you very much for having us here, and for the showcasing of the wonderful work that you do and that you’ll undertake with…
Subject: Higher Education Reforms; Gun Control E&OE… KIERAN GILBERT: Thanks very much for your company this morning, with me now Liberal front bencher, the Assistant Education Minister, Senator Simon Birmingham and the Shadow Minister for Citizenship, Michelle Rowland, good to see you both. Michelle Rowland, in terms of the higher education reforms, the…
New legislation passed the Senate today that will further crack down on dodgy Vocational Education and Training (VET) providers. Assistant Minister for Education and Training Senator Simon Birmingham welcomed the Senate’s decision to pass the National Vocational Education and Training Regulator Amendment Bill 2015. “Passing this Bill sends a clear signal that the Australian Government…
The Codes of Practice and Ethics of the Australian Council for Private Education and Training (ACPET) were launched today in Melbourne. Assistant Minister for Education and Training, Senator Simon Birmingham, has today launched the codes of practice and ethics, an industry-led response to tackling rogue providers and lifting standards in the vocational education and training…
Labor's leader and education spokespeople should be blushing with embarrassment at their responses to today's reforms preventing unscrupulous marketers from targeting vulnerable Australians and exploiting taxpayers to the tune of billions of dollars. Assistant Minister for Education and Training Senator Simon Birmingham said that while Labor had been responsible for the significant expansion of the…