E&OE TRANSCRIPT Speech at the SEAMEO-Australia Education Links Award ceremony 18/10/2017 10:00AM Simon Birmingham: Well thanks so much, Karen, for your welcome and introductory remarks. Your Excellencies and representatives of various diplomatic missions from the various SEAMEO nations; Karen, of course, the Minister in charge of – particularly our vocation, education and skills activities, but…
E&OE TRANSCRIPT Interview on ABC Radio Adelaide, Breakfast with Ali Clarke and David Bevan Topics: Schoolies t-shirt image; National Energy Guarantee 18/10/2017 08:36AM David Bevan: Every Wednesday we gather three federal South Australian MPs to discuss the big national issues. Well, there isn’t a bigger one going on at the moment than power. The Prime…
E&OE TRANSCRIPT Interview on ABC North and West, Late Afternoons with Sarah Tomlinson Topics: National Energy Guarantee 17/10/2017 5:35PM Sarah Tomlinson: Good afternoon, keeping the lights on. That’s the catch phrase today. Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull has this afternoon unveiled the Coalition Government’s new energy policy. Prior to the announcement, former Prime Minister Tony Abbott…
E&OE TRANSCRIPT Interview on ABC Adelaide Drive with Jules Schiller Topics: National Energy Guarantee 17/10/2017 5:45PM Jules Schiller: Let’s go to the Minister for Education and Training. Josh Frydenberg was unavailable today so Simon Birmingham is joining us. Thank you for joining us Minister. Simon Birmingham: G’day Jules, great to be with you. Jules Schiller:…
E&OE TRANSCRIPT Address to the Australia India Business Council, Canberra 17/10/2017 12:45pm Simon Birmingham: Sanjay, thank you so very much for that introduction. For those of you receiving your meals, please do eat and continue to eat during my remarks. I apologise that I am sort of rushing the agenda or program for lunch today…
E&OE TRANSCRIPT Address to the STEM Partnership Forum, Canberra 17/10/2017 12:05PM Simon Birmingham: And Alan, as you acknowledged, this forum was established out of COAG Education Council recommendations and decisions, and that’s a wonderful sign, that it has the ear of state and territory ministers, as well as the Commonwealth, in terms of the deliverability…
New modelling by the Federal Department of Education and Training has confirmed almost one million families will benefit from the Turnbull Government’s landmark reforms to early childhood education and care. Minister for Education and Training Simon Birmingham said the Turnbull Government was delivering the biggest reforms to early childhood education and care in almost 40…
E&OE TRANSCRIPT Interview on Sky News Live with Kieran Gilbert Topics: ACCC draft report on electricity market; Latest Newspoll 16/10/2017 Kieran Gilbert: Minister thanks so much for your time, this is a very blunt report from the ACCC, really no surprise to I think consumers and businesses that there is an affordability problem, they’ve been…
E&OE TRANSCRIPT Interview on Sky News PM Agenda with David Speers Topics: English language testing standards for international students; Higher education reform 12/10/2017 16:40 David Speers: Simon Birmingham, thanks very much for your time this afternoon. So, how big a problem is this? How many students, foreign students, in Australia can’t really speak adequate English…
E&OE TRANSCRIPT Interview on 2GB Sydney Live with Ben Fordham Topics: English language testing standards for international students; Automated marking of NAPLAN tests; High Court Citizenship case 12/10/2017 3:40PM Ben Fordham: In the meantime, foreign students will soon have to pass an English language test in Australia. If they want a tertiary education they’re going…