The Coalition Government's No Jab No Pay policy is encouraging parents to do the right thing for their children and public health, with a sharp rise in the number of children being immunised against preventable diseases. This is great news for Australian children and our community. The spread of many dangerous diseases can be prevented,…
Simon Birmingham: Thanks very much for coming in today. This is a really important day where we release the third of our census of the nation’s school children in their foundation year, their very first year at school, and it provides us with a comprehensive snapshot of the capability of those children in their first…
Leon Byner: You know one of the sad stories is that there are people out there who are parents who, when they send their young children to school, the kids don’t have breakfast; or maybe they’re not even clothed properly; or they might not even had a wash which is extraordinary. You kind of wonder…
Tom Elliott: All right, our next guest, as I mentioned earlier, is the Federal Minister for Education and Training, the Honourable Simon Birmingham, Senator for South Australia. Senator, good afternoon. Simon Birmingham: Good afternoon Tom, good afternoon to your listeners. Tom Elliott: Now I have a media release in front of me with your name…
Richard Glover: Simon Birmingham is the Education and Training Minister. Good afternoon. Simon Birmingham: Good afternoon Richard and good afternoon to your listeners. Richard Glover: Vulnerable in what way? What do we mean by that? Simon Birmingham: Well Richard, this is data out of the third national census we’ve undertaken of children in their first…
Jasmin Midgley: Today the Government has released figures showing how our school-aged kids are faring. The figures are taken from the Australian Early Development Census. It hasn’t been going for too long. This is the third time the survey’s been conducted, and it goes every three years. Senator Simon Birmingham’s the Minister for Education and…
Subjects: Early Development Census, election timing, marriage equality plebiscite, ABCC legislation and Nikki Savva’s new book Michael Brissenden: New figures out today show one in every five Australian children are developmentally at risk by the time they reach school. The Australian Early Development Census is released each three years to measure the development of children in…
Simon Birmingham: It’s wonderful to be here at the John Hartley School and it’s wonderful to have had the chance to have a look at some of the facilities that you have here, to quickly meet some of the students beforehand, and to be able to see what an exceptional learning environment has been created…