E&OE TRANSCRIPT Interview on 2GB Money News with Ross Greenwood Topics: Issues with Labor’s failed VET FEE-HELP; New VET Student Loans program; Child care rorting Ross Greenwood: One of the most important things that this Government has done is crack down on the so-called vocational education system. Now, what this is all about is work-based…
E&OE TRANSCRIPT Interview on Triple J Hack with Tom Tilley Topics: Issues with Labor’s failed VET FEE-HELP; New VET Student Loans program; Higher education reform; Australians being detained in Malaysia Tom Tilley: Let’s find out more about how the new scheme will work and whether it will really stop the rorting in this sector. As…
E&OE TRANSCRIPT Interview on SKY News with Laura Jayes Topics: Issues with Labor’s failed VET FEE-HELP; New VET Student Loans program; South Australia’s energy security; Renewable energy Laura Jayes: Let’s get more details now on these V-E-T, these VET changes that the Government is going to make to vocational education. We’ve heard stories and indeed…
E&OE TRANSCRIPT Interview on 3AW Drive with Tom Elliott Topics: Issues with Labor’s failed VET FEE-HELP; New VET Student Loans program Tom Elliott: Alright, dodgy degrees. I didn’t realise there was a thing called a Diploma of Fashion Styling, but apparently it does exist. Or does it, anymore? Our next guest is the Minister for…
E&OE TRANSCRIPT Press Conference, Canberra Topics: Issues with Labor’s failed VET FEE-HELP; New VET Student Loans program Simon Birmingham: I’m very pleased to announce that the Turnbull Government is taking strong action to hit the reset button on the vocational educational system in Australia, and particularly the disastrous VET-FEE HELP scheme introduced by and extended…
E&OE TRANSCRIPT Interview on 891 ABC Adelaide Breakfast with David Bevan Topics: Issues with Labor’s failed VET FEE-HELP; New VET Student Loans program; Family day care David Bevan: Every Wednesday Matt and I gather three South Australian federal MPs. Don’t want to hear these fly-by-nighters from out of state, we want some good local people…
E&OE TRANSCRIPT Interview on 702 ABC Sydney Breakfast with Jen Fleming Topics: Issues with Labor’s failed VET FEE-HELP; New VET Student Loans program Jen Fleming: Well we just heard then that among the big news today is that the private college industry is to be given a major shakeup. We know the Government has been…
E&OE TRANSCRIPT Interview on ABC AM with Michael Brissenden Topics: Issues with Labor’s failed VET FEE-HELP; New VET Student Loans program Michael Brissenden: The Federal Government is finally moving to rein in the VET FEE-HELP student loan scheme that’s been widely rorted and cost the Budget billions of dollars. The scheme was introduced by the…
E&OE TRANSCRIPT Speech to French Synergies Conference 30/09/16 Simon Birmingham: Thank you Collette and bonjour [speaks French] I won’t subject you to my French. They say that somebody who can speak three languages is trilingual and somebody who can speak two languages is bilingual, unfortunately today you have standing before you somebody who can only…
E&OE TRANSCRIPT Speech to Drama Australia’s National Symposium 30 September 2016 Simon Birmingham: Thank you. Thank you John for that welcome and ladies and gentlemen, thank you for choosing to have your symposium on a Friday afternoon in my home city of Adelaide … [laughter] … it makes for a wonderful opportunity for me to…