E&OE TRANSCRIPT Interview on Sky News with Kieran Gilbert Topics: Barnaby Joyce; Closing the Gap report; Company tax rates 12/02/2018 08:32AM Kieran Gilbert: First, though, to the Education Minister Simon Birmingham. I spoke to him this morning about the education targets within the Closing the Gap report. I began, though, by asking him about the…
E&OE TRANSCRIPT Doorstop Interview, Adelaide Topics: National review into teacher registration; Barnaby Joyce; Changes to the Higher School Certificate; Cyber Bullying 10/02/2018 11:30am Simon Birmingham: Today the Turnbull Government is highlighting the review that the Australian Institute for School and Teaching Leadership is undertaking in terms of teacher registration. This is a review that has…
The Turnbull Government, with the support of states and territories, has launched a national review of teacher registration to help tackle key inconsistencies in systems across the country. Minister for Education and Training Simon Birmingham said the National Review of Teacher Registration, which had been endorsed by state and territory ministers at the Education Council,…
Children in South Australia will benefit from early intervention to address developmental delay or disability. Minister for Social Services Dan Tehan today announced $47 million in Early Childhood and Early Intervention (ECEI) services from the Turnbull Government would be provided through the South Australian Department for Communities and Social Inclusion (DCSI) across the state…
E&OE TRANSCRIPT Interview on Channel 7 Sunrise with Sam Armytage Topics: Cyber bullying and the eSmart program 08/02/2018 07:22AM Sam Armytage: And here is the man himself, Federal Education Minister Simon Birmingham joins us now. Minister, good morning. Welcome. Simon Birmingham: Good morning, great to be with you. Sam Armytage: Now, you’ve heard what we’ve…
E&OE TRANSCRIPT Interview on Sky News with Graham Richardson Topics: Composition of the Senate; Cyber bullying; Numeracy and literacy standards in schools 07/02/2018 20:05 Graham Richardson: Now, we shall turn to Simon Birmingham without further ado. Simon, welcome to the program. Simon Birmingham: G’day, Richo. Great to be with you. Graham Richardson: Yeah look, I’m…
E&OE TRANSCRIPT Interview on ABC 891 Adelaide, Breakfast with Ali Clarke and David Bevan Topics: GST distribution; Murray-Darling Basin Plan; Cashless welfare card 07/02/2018 08:37AM David Bevan: A big ABC Radio Adelaide welcome to Simon Birmingham, Federal Education Minister. Good morning to you. Simon Birmingham: Good morning everybody. David Bevan: And to Mark Butler, shadow…
The Turnbull Government has reappointed the board of Australia’s independent national quality assurance and regulatory agency for higher education. Minister for Education and Training Simon Birmingham said Chief Commissioner Professor Nicholas Saunders AO, Dr Linley Martin and Professor Clifford Walsh have had their terms at the Tertiary Education Quality and Standards Agency (TEQSA) extended. “I…
E&OE TRANSCRIPT Interview on Triple J Hack with Tom Tilley Topics: Higher education reforms and vocational education and training 06/02/2018 5:40pm Tom Tilley: There’s a big chance that our next guest is making decisions that directly affect your life. Over 1.3 million, mostly young, Australians are at uni and over 4 million are doing some…
E&OE TRANSCRIPT Interview on FIVEaa mornings with Leon Byner Topics: Pre-school attendance rates 06/02/2018 11:10AM Simon Birmingham: Well, good morning Leon. This is a concern. There’s Australian Bureau of Statistics data around pre-school education which shows that South Australia has amongst the worst attendance rates in the country in terms of children actually accessing pre-school.…