E&OE TRANSCRIPT Interview on ABC Radio Adelaide, Breakfast with Ali Clarke and David Bevan Topics: Same-sex marriage; Coal-fired power 15/11/2017 09:05AM David Bevan: A big ABC radio Adelaide welcome to Simon Birmingham, Liberal Senator for South Australia and Education Minister on the phone line, good morning Simon Birmingham. Simon Birmingham: Good morning, top of the…
E&OE TRANSCRIPT Speech to China Advanced Leadership Program, Canberra 15/11/2017 Simon Birmingham: Thank you very much, Professor Ken Smith, for that welcome, and it is a delight to be back here once again supporting this very prestigious event and to be doing so with so many wonderful talented faces across our governments in the room…
New Federal Government data shows student dropout rates are still among the highest in a decade despite dipping slightly since 2014. Minister for Education and Training Simon Birmingham said the latest Higher Education Student Data revealed a 14.97 per cent attrition rate for the 2015 cohort compared to 12.29 per cent in 2009. “Australia’s universities…