E&OE TRANSCRIPT Interview on Channel 7 Sunrise with Sam Armytage Topics: Cyber bullying and the eSmart program 08/02/2018 07:22AM Sam Armytage: And here is the man himself, Federal Education Minister Simon Birmingham joins us now. Minister, good morning. Welcome. Simon Birmingham: Good morning, great to be with you. Sam Armytage: Now, you’ve heard what we’ve…
DetailsE&OE TRANSCRIPT Interview on Sky News with Graham Richardson Topics: Composition of the Senate; Cyber bullying; Numeracy and literacy standards in schools 07/02/2018 20:05 Graham Richardson: Now, we shall turn to Simon Birmingham without further ado. Simon, welcome to the program. Simon Birmingham: G’day, Richo. Great to be with you. Graham Richardson: Yeah look, I’m…
DetailsE&OE TRANSCRIPT Interview on ABC 891 Adelaide, Breakfast with Ali Clarke and David Bevan Topics: GST distribution; Murray-Darling Basin Plan; Cashless welfare card 07/02/2018 08:37AM David Bevan: A big ABC Radio Adelaide welcome to Simon Birmingham, Federal Education Minister. Good morning to you. Simon Birmingham: Good morning everybody. David Bevan: And to Mark Butler, shadow…
DetailsThe Turnbull Government has reappointed the board of Australia’s independent national quality assurance and regulatory agency for higher education. Minister for Education and Training Simon Birmingham said Chief Commissioner Professor Nicholas Saunders AO, Dr Linley Martin and Professor Clifford Walsh have had their terms at the Tertiary Education Quality and Standards Agency (TEQSA) extended. “I…
DetailsE&OE TRANSCRIPT Interview on Triple J Hack with Tom Tilley Topics: Higher education reforms and vocational education and training 06/02/2018 5:40pm Tom Tilley: There’s a big chance that our next guest is making decisions that directly affect your life. Over 1.3 million, mostly young, Australians are at uni and over 4 million are doing some…
DetailsE&OE TRANSCRIPT Interview on FIVEaa mornings with Leon Byner Topics: Pre-school attendance rates 06/02/2018 11:10AM Simon Birmingham: Well, good morning Leon. This is a concern. There’s Australian Bureau of Statistics data around pre-school education which shows that South Australia has amongst the worst attendance rates in the country in terms of children actually accessing pre-school.…
DetailsE&OE TRANSCRIPT Interview on Sky News AM with Kieran Gilbert Topics: Latest Newspoll, Child care industry industrial action 05/02/2018 09:02AM Kieran Gilbert: Minister, thanks for your time. This Newspoll today – do you feel like the Government’s turned the corner? Simon Birmingham: Well, I think people are seeing that there are true benefits flowing from…
DetailsE&OE TRANSCRIPT Doorstop interview, Canberra Topics: Polls; Citizenship of Parliamentarians; SA Liberal State Election 05/02/2018 7:30AM Simon Birmingham: Look, what we’re seeing is that Australians recognise the strength of the Turnbull Government’s performance. Performance that indeed is delivering record jobs growth–jobs growth that we haven’t seen since the statistics were started to be collected. 400…
DetailsE&OE TRANSCRIPT Interview on ABC AM with Sabra Lane Topics: Citizenship of Parliamentarians; Child care industry industrial action; Innovation and Science Australian report. 05/02/2018 07:13AM Sabra Lane: Joining us now is the Education and Training Minister, Senator Simon Birmingham. Welcome back to AM. Simon Birmingham: Good morning, Sabra. Great to be with you. Sabra Lane:…
DetailsE&OE TRANSCRIPT Doorstop interview, Adelaide Topics: Senator Lucy Gichuhi joining the Liberal Party; Preschool funding; ABC Cabinet files 03/02/2018 11:25AM Simon Birmingham: Firstly, though, of course it’s a great thrill that Senator Lucy Gichuhi has chosen to join the Liberal Party of Australia here in the South Australian division. This is a wonderful testament to…
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