E&OE TRANSCRIPT Interview on Sky News Live with Samantha Maiden Topics: Catholic schools funding; Gonski Review 09/03/2018 09:38AM Samantha Maiden: Joining me now from Adelaide is the Education Minister Simon Birmingham. Good morning Simon. Simon Birmingham: Good morning Sam. Samantha Maiden: Now, you have your own review into how this funding deal will affect the…
New figures show the Turnbull Government’s crackdown on dodgy family day care providers rorting the Grandparents Child Care Benefit (GCCB) has saved taxpayers more than $100 million. Minister for Education and Training Simon Birmingham said the crackdown had removed dodgy family day care providers from the system and safeguarded legitimate operators and the families…
Labor’s recycled pledge to Catholic schools from weeks and months ago is a desperate attempt by Bill Shorten to ingratiate himself with Catholic Church leaders at the expense of consistent, needs-based school funding. Catholic school parents and educators should see through Mr Shorten’s hollow promise of money for two years with no detail for…