E&OE TRANSCRIPT Interview on 2CC Canberra with Tim Shaw Topics: National Day of Action against Bullying; School Chaplains, SA election 14/03/2018 08:36AM Tim Shaw: The National Day of Action is Australia’s key anti-bullying event for schools. And in 2018 schools are called to imagine a world free from bullying and to share their big ideas.…
DetailsThe Turnbull Government has so far offered 803 South Australians scholarships worth up to $17,500 each to skill up for the workforce. Minister for Education and Training and Senator for South Australia Simon Birmingham said the Commonwealth Scholarships Program for South Australia offered $24 million for 1,200 scholarships for students undertaking training from Certificate…
DetailsE&OE TRANSCRIPT Interview on 2GB Sydney Live with Ben Fordham Topics: Eureka flag in schools 12/03/2018 15:08PM Ben Fordham: Well, as if our children need any more distractions from their grades, they could now be bombarded with union propaganda in classrooms. The Teachers’ Union in Queensland has vowed to splash the Eureka Stockade flag across…
DetailsE&OE TRANSCRIPT Interview on Sky News Live with Samantha Maiden Topics: Catholic schools funding; Gonski Review 09/03/2018 09:38AM Samantha Maiden: Joining me now from Adelaide is the Education Minister Simon Birmingham. Good morning Simon. Simon Birmingham: Good morning Sam. Samantha Maiden: Now, you have your own review into how this funding deal will affect the…
DetailsNew figures show the Turnbull Government’s crackdown on dodgy family day care providers rorting the Grandparents Child Care Benefit (GCCB) has saved taxpayers more than $100 million. Minister for Education and Training Simon Birmingham said the crackdown had removed dodgy family day care providers from the system and safeguarded legitimate operators and the families…
DetailsLabor’s recycled pledge to Catholic schools from weeks and months ago is a desperate attempt by Bill Shorten to ingratiate himself with Catholic Church leaders at the expense of consistent, needs-based school funding. Catholic school parents and educators should see through Mr Shorten’s hollow promise of money for two years with no detail for…
DetailsE&OE TRANSCRIPT Interview on ABC Radio Adelaide, Breakfast with Ali Clarke and David Bevan Topics: Political donations; University hazing; NAPLAN results 07/03/2018 08:38AM Ali Clarke: Well, let’s jump into Super Wednesday proper. David Bevan: Simon Birmingham is the Federal Education Minister; he joins us now on the phone line. Good morning, Simon. Simon Birmingham: Good…
DetailsInternational students flocked to Australia in record numbers in 2017, with new figures revealing the largest increase recorded in a single year. Minister for Education and Training Simon Birmingham said the 2017 international education data showed there were more than 624,000 international students in Australia in 2017, an increase of 13 per cent (or…
DetailsOver 80 000 children at almost 2500 preschools across the country will be given the opportunity to learn a second language this year, thanks to the Turnbull Government’s Early Learning Languages Australia (ELLA) program. Minister for Education and Training Simon Birmingham said the ELLA program’s popularity kept growing, with an extra 20 000 children…
DetailsE&OE TRANSCRIPT Interview on FIVEaa, Mornings with Leon Byner Topics: TAFE SA 02/03/2018 10:09AM Leon Byner: I want you to meet Federal Education Minister, Senator Simon Birmingham. Simon, this – and thank you for coming on – this federal inquiry, does it really show us anything that we don’t already know? Simon Birmingham: Well good…
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