E&OE TRANSCRIPT Interview on ABC News with Julie Doyle Topics: Cabinet reshuffle; Higher education changes announced in MYEFO 19/12/2017 13:05PM Julie Doyle: Impending news of the reshuffle that’s coming, are you staying as Education Minister? Simon Birmingham: Well look, I would anticipate that, but in the end Cabinet and Ministerial arrangements are the gift…
E&OE TRANSCRIPT Interview on Sky News with Samantha Maiden Topics: Higher education changes announced in MYEFO; Cabinet reshuffle. 19/12/2017 12:09PM Samantha Maiden: And joining me now live is the Education Minister, Simon Birmingham. You’ve just outlined these major reforms to universities, but let’s start with the Cabinet reshuffle. Why is the Prime Minister taking…
Public submissions have opened to an independent review into the way socio-economic status (SES) scores are calculated and used to ensure funding for Australian schools is based on need. Minister for Education and Training Simon Birmingham said the public submission process for the National School Resourcing Board review of the SES methodology will be open…
E&OE TRANSCRIPT Interview on ABC RN Breakfast with Hamish Macdonald Topics: Higher education changes; South Australian Newspoll results 19/12/2017 08:05AM Hamish Macdonald: Universities across the country have criticised the Federal Government’s plan to claw back money from the sector. The Government’s mid-year Budget update includes a two-year freeze on the Commonwealth Grant Scheme payments to…