A six-month blitz targeted at dodgy providers within the family day care system has led to serious enforcement action against 151 services and will stop almost $1 billion in taxpayer subsidies flowing out the door. Minister for Education and Training Simon Birmingham said the Turnbull Government’s latest family day care integrity surge was already set…
DetailsE&OE TRANSCRIPT Interview on Sky News Live AM Agenda with Kieran Gilbert Topics: Treasury analysis on Labor’s dividend imputation policy; Income tax relief; Gonski review; Newspoll 18/06/2018 09:06AM Kieran Gilbert: Now, as I mentioned earlier, Labor claiming that the report- and a spokesperson pointed out to me that the report had been authored by…
DetailsE&OE TRANSCRIPT Interview on Facebook Live with Babyology Topics: New child care package 15/06/2018 11:00am Lucy Kippist: Morning, everyone. Today we’ve got Simon Birmingham joining us today. He’s the Minister for Education and Training and he’s going to talk to us about the Australian Government’s new child care package, which I know is…
DetailsE&OE TRANSCRIPT Doorstop interview, Sydney Topics: Early Learning Languages Australia program; AEMO’s report on the energy market; New child care package; Company tax cuts 15/06/2018 09:45AM Rema Takchi: Rhodes Central Preschool Kindergarten is very delighted to have our special guests here, and it’s been a delight to have everyone visit our centre and see…
DetailsJoint release with the Minister for Small and Family Business, the Workplace and Deregulation Craig Laundy The Turnbull Government will expand its successful Early Learning Languages Australia (ELLA) program into schools, inspiring an extra 30,000 children across Australia to learn a second language. Minister for Education and Training Simon Birmingham and local Member for Reid Minister Craig…
DetailsJoint release with Minister for Jobs and Innovation Michaelia Cash Australian researcher, Professor Brian Walker, has been internationally recognised for his scientific research. Professor Walker, from the CSIRO and Australian National University, today received the 2018 Blue Planet Prize, an international environmental award sponsored by Japan’s Asahi Glass foundation. He is only the second Australian…
DetailsE&OE TRANSCRIPT Interview on ABC Radio Adelaide, Breakfast, with Ali Clarke and David Bevan Topics: Summit in Singapore between the USA and North Korea; New child care package 13/06/2018 08:38AM David Bevan: Well, let’s welcome Simon Birmingham, Liberal Senator and Federal Education Minister; Penny Wong, Labor Senator and Shadow Minister for Foreign Affairs; and Sarah Hanson-Young,…
DetailsE&OE TRANSCRIPT Doorstop interview, Yankalilla Area School Topics: Engineering is Elementary program; New child care package; Mayo by-election. 13/06/2018 10:00am Georgina Downer: Well it’s great to have Minister for Education Simon Birmingham here today at the Yankalilla Area School, and we’ve just had a fantastic demonstration of the new program Engineering is Elementary, and…
DetailsJoint 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…
DetailsE&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.…
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