E&OE TRANSCRIPT Opening address to the ACPET National Conference 2016 25 August 2016 Simon Birmingham: Thanks very much, Mel, for that welcome and I acknowledge you as the Chair of ACPET and previous chairs of ACPET who are gathered here today, your international guests; it’s always a delight to have international visitors attending these conferences…
The Australian Council of Educational Research’s new report today on ‘out of field’ teaching highlights the need for policymakers to focus on initiatives that improve teacher education, teaching quality and ultimately boost outcomes for students. The Turnbull Government is focused on supporting a lift in teaching quality through our Student Achievement Plan by setting recruitment…
E&OE TRANSCRIPT Sky News Live, Peter Van Onselen Topics: Addressing problem gambling; Higher education reform; Redesigning VET FEE-HELP; Focus on apprenticeships; Immigration policy 23 August 2016 2:32 PM Peter Van Onselen: Alright, well as promised, I’m joined now by the Education Minister Simon Birmingham live from Canberra. Thanks very much for your company. Simon…
Children in child care and early learning will benefit from a $61.1 million funding injection from the Turnbull Government to boost service quality. Minister for Education and Training Simon Birmingham said the funding would support states and territories with their regulation and accreditation responsibilities and would flow now that all states and territories have…
E&OE TRANSCRIPT ABC Adelaide Webcast with Matthew Abraham and David Bevan Subjects: Budget repair; Higher education reform; SA Government’s “punter’s tax” 17/08/16 08.36am Matthew Abraham: Well it’s a super digital Wednesday today and we welcome to the studio Greens Senator, spokesperson for the Greens on immigration and citizenship and early childhood education and so on,…
As part of National Science Week, the Turnbull Government will provide $10 million for CSIRO to extend the Scientist and Mathematicians in Schools programme. The programme links practising scientists, mathematicians, engineers and IT professionals with classroom teachers and their students. “The Turnbull Government is focused on inspiring the next generation of young Australians to…
Today marks the official opening of the Mount Barker freeway interchange – improving access, safety, and travel times for tens of thousands of people in the rapidly developing region of South Australia. Senator for South Australia Simon Birmingham said the project was the number one infrastructure priority in the Mt Barker region and will significantly…
E&OE TRANSCRIPT Address at the opening of the Bald Hills Interchange with Minister Peter Malinauskas and Mayor Ann Ferguson 15/08/2016 Simon Birmingham: … everybody and welcome. It's wonderful for me to be here representing the Federal Government, representing the Minister for Urban Infrastructure Paul Fletcher as well as being here with a number of important…
The latest data from the early education and care sector shows the Turnbull Government has continued the downward trend in child care price increases. Minister for Education and Training Simon Birmingham said new departmental data showed average child care hourly fees grew by 5.2 per cent in the year to September 2015, well-below the…
E&OE TRANSCRIPT 12/08/2016 Simon Birmingham: Thanks Ian for that introduction. Always a pleasure when somebody goes back and looks at your maiden speech especially when it’s a speech given almost 10 years ago and with a tiny element of trepidation when you’re sitting in the audience and somebody says they’re about to quote from it.…