The latest report commissioned by the Australian Education Union has found exactly what they wanted it to find while ignoring the Turnbull Government’s focus on the evidence based measures that improve education outcomes. Minister for Education and Training Simon Birmingham said Australia’s education spending is at record levels that the OECD acknowledges as above the average.…
Leon Byner: We had some fabulous news yesterday, it’s news that we had been waiting on for a long time, and we will now have 12 submarines built at the ASC. And again, one of the important issues here is that we would hope that there’ll be local jobs, but inevitably it may well be that…
The Turnbull Government has launched a free one-stop shop for Australia’s 150,000 early childhood educators to deliver better care and outcomes for children and families. Minister for Education and Training Simon Birmingham said the new Early Childhood Resource Hub features more than 300 digital resources, as well as discussion threads for educators to collaborate and learn from…
Kieran Gilbert: And the French President Francois Hollande has described the deal as historic, this awarding of the contract to DCNS, a French company, a $50 billion contract to produce 12 new submarines for the Australian Navy. Now Japan meanwhile is demanding answers over why it missed out, it says the decision is deeply regrettable. To…
Narelle Graham: Let’s go to Simon Birmingham, the Minister for Education and Training also Liberal senator for South Australia. Thank you for being available senator. Simon Birmingham: Good afternoon, great to be with you. Narelle Graham: And, why France? Simon Birmingham: Well Narelle, France was chosen – DCNS of France –the company chosen as our preferred international…
Labor’s rank child care hypocrisy was on stark display in an astonishing press release today that ignored the work the Coalition has done to reduce the ballooning child care fee growth that became the norm under Labor. “The reality is that this Government hasn’t done a single thing to help families access affordable child care.”…
Minister for Education and Training Simon Birmingham said new departmental data from the early education and care sector for the 2015 June quarter has highlighted that fees only grew by 3.6 per cent compared to an average annual increase of 7.8 per cent during Labor’s time in office. Minister Birmingham said the Coalition Government’s compliance…
Daryl Manzie: Now as I said earlier, we’ve seen certainly some pretty negative headlines regarding the Federal Government’s funding of – you know, future funding of education in the Territory. We’ve spoken to the Education Minister here, who’s not only assured us that funding levels from the Federal Government have not dropped, but they’ve increased…
Peter Beattie: And tonight we’ve got the Education Minister Simon Birmingham, and he’s in Canberra, and as we all know, this is one of the most important portfolios in government. So Simon, thank you very much for joining us. Could I ask you a really important fundamental question that every mum and dad wants to know?…
Steve Price: Yes indeed, Wednesday night. Danny joins me in the studio as he always does. Danny Bielik good evening to you. Danny Bielik: How are you Steve? Steve Price: Good thank you, we’re going to talk in a minute to the Education Minister Simon Birmingham, he’s going to be in for a very interesting 73 days…