Today’s sentencing sends a strong message to those seeking to rort child care payments – you will be caught. Melissa Jade Higgins, sole director of Aussie Giggles FDC was today sentenced to seven years imprisonment – with a non-parole period of four years. Any report of fraudulent activity will be investigated and where wrongdoing is…
Australia has bolstered its popularity as a world class education destination with new data showing international student numbers soared by 15 per cent in the first three months of this year compared to 2016. Minister for Education and Training Simon Birmingham said the surging international student numbers came on top of growth of around 10.5…
E&OE TRANSCRIPT Interview on ABC Illawarra Mornings with Nick Rheinberger Topics: Delivering real needs-based funding for schools and fixing Labor’s model 26/05/2017 09:33AM Nick Rheinberger: Well all through this week we’ve been talking about Gonski 2.0. Nowra East Public School has been squarely in the spotlight. It was the scene of protests. You heard from…
E&OE TRANSCRIPT Interview on The Guardian’s politics live podcast with Katharine Murphy Topics: Delivering real needs-based funding for schools and fixing Labor’s model; 2017 Budget 25/05/2017 Katharine Murphy: Simon Birmingham, thank you for joining the podcast. Simon Birmingham: Great to be with you. Katharine Murphy: So on the weekend, readers of that august journal, The…
E&OE TRANSCRIPT Webinar address and Q&A with the Australian Parents Council 24/05/2017 05:50PM Shelley Hill: Hi, Minister Birmingham. It’s Shelley here calling – I’m the president of the Australian Parents Council and we’d like to thank you very much for your time this evening in being able to join us and speak to the parents…