E&OE TRANSCRIPT Interview on ABC Radio Adelaide, Breakfast with Ali Clarke and David Bevan Topics: Citizenship of Parliamentarians 07/11/2017 09:10AM David Bevan: Good morning to Simon Birmingham, Federal Education Minister. Simon Birmingham: Good morning Ali and David. David Bevan: Simon Birmingham, I spoke to a Federal colleague of yours last night and…
The Turnbull Government is backing a new initiative from school principals aimed at enhancing leadership and changing the way Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) is taught in our schools. Minister for Education and Training Simon Birmingham said the Turnbull Government’s Principals as STEM Leaders project would strengthen the foundation for greater participation and engagement,…
E&OE TRANSCRIPT Interview on ABC 24 with Matt Doran Topics: Citizenship; Higher education reforms 6/11/2017 5:32PM Matt Doran: Senator Birmingham, thank you for joining us. Simon Birmingham: Pleasure Matt. Matt Doran: We’ve seen the announcement today from the Prime Minister that effectively means all members and senators will be forced to disclose their citizenship status…
E&OE TRANSCRIPT Interview on ABC North and West SA with Sarah Tomlinson Topics: New assessment measures for university research 03/11/2017 05:14PM Sarah Tomlinson: Now, research that comes out of Australian universities – we know, we talk about it every day – we know it can change the world. They can cure diseases, launch satellites into…
The Turnbull Government has released the terms of reference for an independent inquiry into the data and methodology used to determine specific components of Commonwealth funding for non-government schools. Minister for Education and Training Simon Birmingham said the review of the socio-economic status (SES) score methodology by the National School Resourcing Board would look into…
E&OE TRANSCRIPT Doorstop interview, Canberra Topics: High court decision on citizenship; Christopher Pyne 02/11/2017 11:30AM Journalist: Is it time for an audit, do we need to just got on and do this? Simon Birmingham: I think many taxpayers would find an audit that would be expensive, drawn out, riddled with legal complexities, to be a…
E&OE TRANSCRIPT Interview on Sky News with Samantha Maiden Topics: High court decision on citizenship; Christopher Pyne 02/11/2017 11:00AM Samantha Maiden: Joining us live now is the Education Minister, Simon Birmingham, does Kevin Andrews have a point? Simon Birmingham: Well Sam, look an audit is easy to call for, but the reality is if you…
E&OE TRANSCRIPT Interview on 2GB Sydney Live with Ben Fordham Topics: New assessment measures for university research 01/11/2017 15:12PM Ben Fordham: Now, what do you make of this. A crackdown is being launched in a bid to save taxpayers from forking out for nutty academic projects. Up to $3.5 billion a year is…
E&OE TRANSCRIPT Interview on FIVEaa, afternoons with Alan Hickey Topics: Victorian safe injecting room trial; New assessment measures for university research 01/11/2017 12:39PM Alan Hickey: In the meantime, we’ll ask this next gentlemen, our guest, what he thinks of this, but just changing tack slightly, did you know that a department store is a…
E&OE TRANSCRIPT Interview on ABC Radio Adelaide, Breakfast with Ali Clarke and David Bevan Topics: New assessment measures for university research, High Court rulings and continuing the business of government; Closure of the Manus Regional Processing Centre 01/11/2017 09:05AM David Bevan: Now, let’s welcome Simon Birmingham who’s not here, he’s on the phone.…