Compere: Jase here on the Eyre Peninsula’s 5CC. Time now to welcome back a regular on the program, he’s out of place today though, in on a Tuesday and in the studio, Rowan Ramsey, the Federal Member for Grey. How are you Rowan? Rowan Ramsey: Yeah, going really well. Great to be with you Jason. Compere: You’re…
Sarah Tomlinson: But first today, the Minister for Education and Training is visiting schools and preschools on the Eyre Peninsular, and a little later today in Whyalla. He spoke with Deane Williams when he was in Port Lincoln, and Deane asked him about the very young children he met in the city yesterday and whether he…
Narelle Graham: Without too much further ado, the Turnbull Government’s Education Minister Simon Birmingham is in day two of a visit to regional South Australia today. The Minister was in Port Lincoln yesterday, today it was Port Augusta and Whyalla that were on the itinerary and the visit coincides with a report that the Government…
Rafael Epstein: The Prime Minister wants to give the states more responsibility for raising the money that they spend. It would mean a state-based income tax. It could mean the Federal Government no longer funds public schools in Victoria. That’s something the Prime Minister’s speaking about. Would you be happy with the Federal Government handing…
David Speers: As we saw on Friday after the COAG Leaders’ Meeting, the Prime Minister withdrew his policy proposal to allow the states to raise their own income taxes. What’s been left unresolved, though, is where the Government now wants to go on education funding in particular. Public schools: does it want to continue playing…
Unidentified Speaker: Thank you Minister Andrews for that exposition of the importance athletics for the future of Australia. It gives me now great pleasure to introduce the Minister for Education and Training, Senator Simon Birmingham. I think I speak for everyone in this room, and I express my excitement in acknowledging the new focus on science,…
Simon Birmingham: As a Government, we have a very strong conviction for a lot of the development of our education system, and as part of that ongoing development of our education system, for the choice and the variety for parents and families to select a school that best suits their aspirations and their needs. And the…