Joint release with Liberal Candidate for Mayo Georgina Downer Yankalilla Area School students are amongst the first in South Australia to take part in an innovative pilot program that introduces engineering concepts to primary school students. Minister for Education and Training Simon Birmingham today visited Yankalilla Area School with Liberal Candidate for Mayo Georgina…
E&OE TRANSCRIPT Interview on ABC News 24 with Julie Doyle Topics: New child care package 12/06/2018 13:30PM Kathryn Robinson: Time is running out for families to switch over to the Government’s new system for child care payments. Around 300,000 families risk losing their government subsidies from 2 July if they don’t update their details.…
E&OE TRANSCRIPT Doorstop interview, Canberra Topics: New child care package; Calls for a Royal Commission into aged care 12/06/2018 9:30AM Simon Birmingham: The Turnbull Government is now a little under three weeks away from providing the greatest improvements to Australia’s child care support and subsidy system in forty years. We’re putting in place a…
E&OE TRANSCRIPT Interview on Sky News Live AM Agenda with Tom Connell Topics: Meeting between President Trump and Kim Jong-un; New child care package; Western Civilisation Scholarship Program 12/06/2018 9:10AM Tom Connell: Joining me now in the studio is the Education Minister, Simon Birmingham. Thanks for your time today. Simon Birmingham: G’day,…
E&OE TRANSCRIPT Q&A at the Positive Schools Conference, Adelaide 08/06/2018 12.00PM Michael Carr-Gregg: Thank you very much, Tracy(*), and Senator, thank you so much for your time. Simon Birmingham: Thanks Michael. Michael Carr-Gregg: It is in fact the 10th anniversary of the Positive Schools conferences, and as a sort of marker of…
E&OE TRANSCRIPT Interview on Sky News with David Speers Topics: Turnbull Government’s child care reforms 11/06/2018 04:19PM David Speers: Well, the Minister Simon Birmingham’s making no apologies for the fact that under his reforms, as I say, three weeks from coming into effect mean that no longer will an entirely stay-at-home parent be able…
E&OE TRANSCRIPT Doorstop interview, Gawler Topics: The Turnbull Government’s child care reforms; Barnaby Joyce; Donald Trump 11/06/2018 11:45AM Simon Birmingham: Well, thanks very much for coming today. The latest data out today shows that under the Turnbull Government’s sweeping improvements to Australia’s child care system, families are on average going to be around $1300…
E&OE TRANSCRIPT Interview on Channel 9 Today with Georgie Gardner and Karl Stefanovic Topics: The Turnbull Government’s child care reforms 11/06/2018 07:21AM Georgie Gardner: Well, they are the biggest changes to child care in 40 years, so how will they affect you and your family? Here to explain is the Federal Minister for…
E&OE TRANSCRIPT Interview on ABC AM with Sabra Lane Topics: Changes to child care subsidies 11/06/2018 07:17AM Sabra Lane: The Federal Government’s new child care subsidy comes into effect in three weeks’ time, but on latest estimates, about 350,000 families who are eligible to receive some form of payment won’t receive a cent. Why?…
Many Australian families are set to be thousands of dollars a year better off under the Turnbull Government’s new child care system, new data has revealed. Minister for Education and Training Simon Birmingham said based on the income data and other details from families that have made the switch to the new system ahead…