E&OE TRANSCRIPT Interview on ABC Central Coast Breakfast with Scott Levi Topics: Enabling courses at university 12/07/2017 07:21AM Scott Levi: Yesterday you may heard us speaking with Deputy Labor Leader, Tanya Plibersek – she’s also the spokesperson for education for the Labor Party – who visited the Central Coast Campus of UON as part of…
DetailsE&OE TRANSCRIPT Interview on Sky News AM Agenda with Kieran Gilbert Topics: Prime Minister’s Disraeli Prize speech; Emissions standards of new vehicles; Review to Achieve Educational Excellence in Australian Schools 12/07/2017 09:05AM Kieran Gilbert: For more on the Prime Minister’s visit to London, that speech and other matters, I spoke to the Education Minister Simon…
DetailsThe Turnbull Government has named the panel of experts that will lead a landmark inquiry into ensuring that record and growing levels of investment in schools boosts the results of Australian students. Minister for Education and Training Simon Birmingham said the Review to Achieve Educational Excellence in Australian Schools would be led by Mr David…
DetailsE&OE TRANSCRIPT Interview on ABC Radio Adelaide Breakfast with David Bevan Topics: Senator Hanson-Young travel, representation of country Liberals, Tony Abbott, North Korea 05 July 2017 08:37am David Bevan: Senator Penny Wong has just walked in, Labor Senator. Good morning. Penny Wong: Morning. Look, the empty chair, mate. David Bevan: There is. There is. Penny…
DetailsHigher education students will have access to clear, consistent and transparent admissions information from next month under a plan unveiled by the Turnbull Government. Minister for Education and Training Simon Birmingham said the admissions transparency implementation plan would help students choose the right course for them. Minister Birmingham said the plan had been developed by…
DetailsE&OE TRANSCRIPT Speech to Council of International Students Australia Conference 04 July 2017 Simon Birmingham: Thank you very much for that welcome. Good morning everybody and, as I said on my way in, please keep eating your breakfast. Nobody wants cold scrambled eggs at the end of my presentation, so far better to enjoy them…
DetailsE&OE TRANSCRIPT Interview on Sky News AM Agenda with Kieran Gilbert Topics: Turnbull Government’s record of delivery; Youth Jobs PaTH program; Higher education and performance contingent funding; Party voting reform 3/07/2017 08:32AM Kieran Gilbert: I spoke to the Education Minister, Simon Birmingham, this morning and asked him was it frustrating given the parliamentary win that…
DetailsE&OE TRANSCRIPT Interview on ABC Melbourne with Rafael Epstein Topics: Tony Abbott, Delivering real Gonski needs-based schools funding; energy policy 29/06/2017 04:05PM Rafael Epstein: The Education Minister Simon Birmingham is travelling the country touting what is one of the Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull’s successes: school funding. Gonski 2.0 it is called. They’re adding in money,…
DetailsE&OE TRANSCRIPT Doorstop interview, Berwick Victoria, Hillcrest College Topics: Delivering real Gonski needs-based schools funding, higher education reform and same-sex marriage. 29/06/2017 09:45AM Jason Wood: Yeah, I’d just very much like to welcome the Minister Simon Birmingham here today at Hillcrest College and I’d also like to thank principal, Geoff Grace, for having us here…
DetailsNearly half a million international students have travelled to Australia this year to take advantage of our world-class education system, new data has revealed. Minister for Education and Training Simon Birmingham said international student numbers grew by 14 percent in the first four months of 2017 compared to the same period last year, reaching a…
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