The Turnbull Government has today released a report on ways to improve the outcomes and prospects of higher education students in Australia. Minister for Education and Training Simon Birmingham said the Improving retention, completion and success in higher education report by the Higher Education Standards Panel set outs reforms to better support students throughout…
DetailsE&OE TRANSCRIPT Facebook live interview with Stephanie Bedo from news.com.au Topics: New child care package 7/06/2018 06:00PM Reporter: Good afternoon, Minister, thanks for joining us this afternoon on this Facebook Live chat about the upcoming child care changes. Simon Birmingham: Pleasure, great to be with you. Reporter: So, we know how…
DetailsE&OE TRANSCRIPT Remarks at launch of the ARC Training Centre for Innovative Wine Production, University of Adelaide 06/06/2018 11:00am Simon Birmingham: Thank you, and thanks very much to Professor Sue Thomas, chief executive of the Australian Research Council, to Vice Chancellor Peter Rathjen, DVCR Mike Brooks, indeed, of course, particularly to Professor Jiranek, is…
DetailsSouth Australia’s reputation as a leader in the wine industry is set for a boost thanks to new funding for a research facility being backed by a $4.46 million grant from the Turnbull Government. Minister for Education and Training Simon Birmingham who announced the funding today at the University of Adelaide’s ARC Industrial Transformation…
DetailsE&OE TRANSCRIPT Interview on ABC Radio Melbourne Drive with Warwick Long Topics: New child care package 5/06/2018 17:34PM Warwick Long: The Federal Government’s new child care package starts soon but the minister in charge seems to be warning that families aren’t signing up to be part of it. The new Child Care Subsidy starts on…
DetailsLabor is taking its child care scare campaign to Queensland today but its Shadow Ministers and candidates still refuse to answer questions about what a Shorten Government would do to fix Australia’s broken child care and early learning system. Like Queensland families, the Turnbull Government knows the current child care and early learning system is…
DetailsE&OE TRANSCRIPT Joint doorstop, Canberra Topics: Review into rural, regional and remote education; Barnaby Joyce; Michaelia Cash 30/05/2018 12:30pm Jim Molan: Ladies and Gentlemen, it’s great to be here on this magnificent Canberra day in front of the Parliament House. We’re very lucky today to have with us, not just the Deputy Prime Minister, but…
DetailsMinister for Education and Training Simon Birmingham today welcomed the announcement by Australian National University (ANU) that it is introducing a new integrated, national admissions system. “ANU warrants its status as Australia’s national university with this commitment to welcome, educate and accommodate the best and brightest Australians, regardless of their background,” Minister Birmingham said. “It’s…
DetailsE&OE TRANSCRIPT Doorstop interview, Acacia child care centre Topics: Transitioning to the new child care package; Barnaby Joyce 30/05/2018 08:30am Simon Birmingham: It’s great to be here with the Minister for Human Services Michael Keenan talking about the Turnbull Government’s complete overhaul of Australia’s child care system. Firstly, I want to thank the nearly 700,000…
DetailsIt’s time Labor’s Amanda Rishworth familiarised herself with the Turnbull Government’s reforms to early childhood education and care so that she stops falsely scaring families, especially given she’s said a Shorten Labor Government would adopt our policy. “I intend to allow the new system to have time to bed down before I look at a…
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