E&OE TRANSCRIPT Doorstop interview, Adelaide Topics: Child care fee increases, The Turnbull Government’s child care reform, Same Sex Marriage 19/03/2017 10:00AM Simon Birmingham: Well today we have new government data that shows the continued growth in child care fees, which is a problem for both Australian families and Australian taxpayers, who wear a heightened bill…
E&OE TRANSCRIPT Speech to Australian Institute for Teaching and School Leadership Highly Accomplished and Lead Teacher Summit, Sydney 17/03/2017 10:05AM Simon Birmingham: Good morning. Ninna marni, in the language of the Kaurna people of the Adelaide Plains where my home is. Good morning, hello, how are you? Uncle Ray, thank you very much…
Labour force figures released today by the ABS show that seasonally adjusted employment fell by 6,400 over the month, to 11,998,800. Despite this fall, employment has risen by 104,600 (or 0.9 per cent) over the year. Encouragingly, full-time employment increased by 27,100 in February, to 8,158,900, while part-time employment fell by 33,500, to 3,840,000.…
E&OE TRANSCRIPT Doorstop interview, Adelaide Topics: February 2017 labour force data; The Turnbull Government’s initiatives to grow the economy and boost jobs; Jay Weatherill’s attempts to distract from the detail of his energy plan; Expanding the Snowy Hydro scheme 16/03/2017 1:30PM Simon Birmingham: I’m speaking on the labour force data as the Minister for Employment…
E&OE TRANSCRIPT Interview on 4CA Mornings with John MacKenzie Topics: International reports on student performance; Discipline in classrooms; Improving student outcomes 16/03/2017 10:45AM John MacKenzie: You know, how often do we have people calling into this show over the years saying the biggest problem we’ve got with kids is the bloody parents, because discipline no…
New reports released overnight have confirmed Australia risks falling behind the world unless educators and policymakers take action to target students and schools who are up to three years behind higher performing peers. Minister for Education and Training Simon Birmingham said the full Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) report from the OECD, the full…
E&OE TRANSCRIPT Doorstop interview, Adelaide Topics: International reports on student performance; Discipline in classrooms; Improving student outcomes 15/03/2017 01:40 PM Simon Birmingham: New analysis undertaken of the international TIMSS and PISA samples of Australian students and their academic performance shows that we have a number of worrying trends that really, we need to work cooperatively…
E&OE TRANSCRIPT Interview on ABC Radio Adelaide Breakfast with Matthew Abraham and David Bevan Topics: South Australia’s energy supply; Turnbull Government’s work to drive energy security, reliability and affordability 15/03/2017 08:52 AM Matthew Abraham: Let’s go right now to Simon Birmingham. He’s the Liberal Senator for South Australia, and would normally be joining us on…
E&OE TRANSCRIPT Interview on 2SM Breakfast with Grant Goldman Topics: International reports on student performance; Discipline in classrooms; Improving student outcomes 15/03/2017 07:38AM Grant Goldman: The Federal Education Minister’s calling for zero tolerance to bad behaviour in the classroom. Two studies have linked under-achievements in the classroom to discipline problems and bullying. And I think…
E&OE TRANSCRIPT Interview on ABC Radio Sydney Breakfast with Robbie Buck Topics: International reports on student performance; Discipline in classrooms; Improving student outcomes 15/03/2017 07:25AM Robbie Buck: A report card that is out this morning to do with Australian kids and their behaviour and it’s not particularly great for us. The report comes from Trends…