Subjects: Changes to Government Whips, Government staff; Australia’s unemployment data; Automotive jobs; reskilling the workforce. E&OE… PATRICIA KARVELAS: I’m joined by Senator Simon Birmingham, he is the Assistant Minister for Education and Training, welcome to RN Drive. SIMON BIRMINGHAM: Good afternoon Patricia and good afternoon to your listeners. PATRICIA KARVELAS: Now I’ll talk about jobs…
Businesses in Queensland can apply for support to boost the skills of their workforce under the Abbott Government’s new $476 million Industry Skills Fund. “I urge growing Queensland businesses to access support to upskill or retrain their employees to boost their business productivity and competitiveness. With around 20% of Australian businesses located in QLD, it…
Assistant Minister for Education and Training, Senator Simon Birmingham attended face-to-face consultations in Queensland about the future of Vocational Education and Training. “Our government is embarking upon an ambitious program of VET reform to lift the quality of both training providers and their courses, so as to further enhance the contribution VET makes to the…
Subjects: Vocational Education and training reform; Higher Education reforms. E&OE… JON FAINE: Senator, good morning to you. SIMON BIRMINGHAM: Good morning John and good morning to your listeners. JON FAINE: We’ve frequently discussed how this system is wide open to rorts and there is any number of them, what are the principle problems that you’ve…
Speech to Australian Chamber of Commerce and Industry The Skills for the Job: Ensuring vocational education and training delivers for employees and employers Sydney 5 February 2015 I would like to begin by thanking ACCI for not only hosting me today, but for being a strong advocate for training that focuses on job outcomes, and employer-led…
An independent review into Labor’s Trade Training Centres (TTCs) in Schools Program has found that it was more about flashy new buildings than training and that some TTCs are at risk of becoming white elephants. Assistant Minister for Education and Training, Senator the Hon Simon Birmingham today released Trade Training Centres in Schools Program –…
Assistant Minister for Education and Training, Senator Simon Birmingham attended the sixth of eight face-to-face consultations about the future of Vocational Education and Training (VET) in Perth today. “Our government is embarking upon an ambitious program of VET reform to lift the quality of both training providers and their courses, so as to further enhance…
Businesses in Western Australia can now apply for support to boost the skills of their workforce under the Abbott Government’s new $476 million Industry Skills Fund. “I urge growing Western Australian businesses to access support to upskill or retrain their employees to boost their business productivity and competitiveness,” said Senator Simon Birmingham, Assistant Minister for…
Face-to-face consultations around the country about the future of Vocational Education and Training (VET) continued in Adelaide today, led by Assistant Minister for Education and Training, Senator Simon Birmingham. “Our Government is embarking upon an ambitious program of VET reform to lift the quality of both training providers and their courses, so as to further…
Assistant Minister for Education and Training, Senator Simon Birmingham attended the fourth of eight face-to-face consultations about the future of Vocational Education and Training (VET) in Sydney today. “Our Government is embarking upon an ambitious program of VET reform to lift the quality of both training providers and their courses, so as to further enhance…