E&OE TRANSCRIPT Doorstop Interview, Adelaide Topics: Government school funding; Cyberbullying; South Australian electoral boundaries 13/04/2018 1:30PM Simon Birmingham: Thank you very much for coming today. The COAG Education Council met today in Adelaide, and I was thrilled to once again have a series of constructive conversations with my colleagues from around Australia about important issues…
DetailsE&OE TRANSCRIPT Interview on Channel 9 Today with Georgie Gardner Topics: Cyberbullying 13/04/2018 07:07 AM Georgie Gardner: Australia will today launch a new campaign to stamp out bullying. It comes as Hugh Jackman throws his support behind a tormented schoolgirl, and federal Education Minister Simon Birmingham joins us now. Minister, good morning to you.…
DetailsJoint release with Deputy Prime Minister Michael McCormack, Minister Bridget McKenzie and Minister Dr John McVeigh. The report on an extensive review to guide efforts to overcome the educational divide between capital cities and regional and rural areas is now available to the public. The Coalition Government today released the final report of the Independent…
DetailsE&OE TRANSCRIPT Interview on Channel 7 Sunrise with David Koch Topics: Cyberbullying 13/04/2018 06:45AM David Koch: Now to our ongoing campaign to beat the bullies. New statistics show reports of cyberbullying have increased by 28 per cent. There have been 264 harassment complaints since 2017. The Office of the eSafety Commissioner has completed over 30,000…
DetailsE&OE TRANSCRIPT Interview on ABC Radio Adelaide, Breakfast with Ali Clarke and David Bevan Topics: Newspoll; Universal basic income; Live exports 11/04/2018 08:36AM David Bevan: Good morning to Penny Wong, Labor Senator and Shadow Minister for Foreign Affairs. Penny Wong: Morning, Ali. Morning, David. David Bevan: Sarah Hanson-Young, Greens Senator for South Australia. Good morning…
DetailsE&OE TRANSCRIPT Doorstop Interview, Central Coast Topics: Early Learning Languages Australia; New Child Care Package; NAPLAN 10/04/2018 1:30PM Lucy Wicks: Well, it’s fantastic to have Simon Birmingham here with our school leaders and leaders of the future, having morning tea and now of course, we’re here at Kindy Patch at West Gosford to have a…
DetailsE&OE TRANSCRIPT Interview on ABC Radio Brisbane with Rebecca Levingston and Craig Zonca Topics: Childcare; Government leadership 10/04/2018 08:55AM Rebecca Levingston: If you have children in childcare and you get a government rebate, there are some big changes on the way that you need to know about. From 2 July, more than a million…
DetailsLabor’s Amanda Rishworth has resorted to deliberately spreading mistruths about the Turnbull Government’s child care and early learning reforms. In an act of desperate distraction from the fact Labor still doesn’t have a policy to replace Australia’s broken child care and early learning system, Ms Rishworth today made a series of wild claims that…
DetailsTanya Plibersek last night abandoned any pretence that Labor’s schools funding would be distributed fairly between states and school sectors. Patricia Karvelas: What are you prepared to raise it [the Commonwealth’s school investment] to and will it be a consistent amount between states? Tanya Plibersek: Well, the consistency argument from the government is…
DetailsJoint media release with Minister for Trade, Tourism and Investment Steven Ciobo We are pleased to launch a report and toolkit on consortia opportunities and pathways for Australian small and medium enterprises (SMEs) delivering education and training services. Australia’s world-renowned education sector is uniquely placed to tap into growing demand overseas and the…
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