Subject: (SA Training) E&OE… LEON BYNER: I’ve got Senator Simon Birmingham here. Simon, you’re going to meet with a lot of people in about an hour’s time who are in the training business, what do you make of this? We’ve spent $15 million [unclear] now even if they wanted to come back, there is a…
The Government is investing around $6 billion this year to support people undertaking vocational education and training (VET), including more than 300,000 apprentices. Assistant Minister for Education and Training, Senator Simon Birmingham, said Ms Bird and her Labor colleagues had got it wrong accusing the Abbott Government of squibbing young apprentices. “At the same time…
Subject: (The impacts of the SA Labor Government’s WorkReady training scheme on students, employers and jobs) E&OE… MATTHEW ABRAHAM: Senator Simon Birmingham is a South Australian Senator, he is Assistant Minister for Education and Training and actually controls quite a lot of money that is spent on vocational and other training skills in South Australia…
Subject: (SA Government Training System) E&OE… LEON BYNER: Simon, how far down the track are we from this? Is there a breached agreement or not? Are you certain that, because you told us when you were in the studio last week that you were going to withhold money until you could get a handle on…
Subject: (Marriage Equality; Removing Citizenship from Dual Nationals Associated with Terrorist Organisations; Adam Goodes ) E&OE… CHRIS KENNY: Let’s cross down to Canberra and catch up with the Assistant Education Minister, Simon Birmingham; thanks for joining us, Simon. SIMON BIRMINGHAM: Good evening, Chris; great to be with you. CHRIS KENNY: First up, I want to…