Bill Shorten and Kristina Keneally must start telling the truth about schools funding and put an end to their lies. John Alexander and the Turnbull Government have a clear plan to boost investment in schools in a fair way and ensure those extra resources are focused on activities proven to boost student outcomes. Across NSW…
DetailsE&OE TRANSCRIPT Interview on FIVEaa with Leon Byner Topics: TAFE SA crisis 08/12/17 09:45AM Leon Byner: Yesterday, I read out a letter from Joe Hooper from the AMA. It said that aged care nurse educators of TAFE students had observed that at least 50 per cent of students who are training – that’s training through…
DetailsE&OE TRANSCRIPT Interview on FIVEaa with Leon Byner Topics: TAFE SA crisis 07/12/2017 09:11AM Leon Byner: As you know, the TAFE disaster is getting more intriguing as every day progresses. Our interest really is about the students. Now, there’s a whole lot of things which we’ll unpack for you shortly. Now, you remember that the…
DetailsThe Australian Senate has set up an inquiry into the Weatherill Labor Government’s TAFE SA debacle. Minister for Education and Training Simon Birmingham welcomed the Senate agreeing to the inquiry that the Turnbull Government had proposed. “Jay Weatherill won’t do his job and hold Susan Close to account so the Australian Senate will,”…
DetailsE&OE TRANSCRIPT Doorstop interview, Canberra Topics: SA TAFE crisis 06/12/2017 Simon Birmingham: Over the last five years, the Federal Government has provided $771 million to the South Australian Government to support vocational education and training. What we’ve seen in that time is constant policy chaos. The South Australian Government had a policy called Skills For…
DetailsE&OE TRANSCRIPT Interview on ABC Radio Adelaide, Breakfast with Ali Clarke Topics: TAFE SA; Citizenship of Parliamentarians 06/12/2017 09:05 AM Ali Clarke: Good morning, on a Super Wednesday, to Sarah Hanson-Young, Greens Senator for South Australia, spokesperson on Finance and Trade, how are you? Sarah Hanson-Young: Good Ali. Good morning. Ali Clarke: Good morning Mark…
DetailsE&OE TRANSCRIPT Interview on Sky News AM Agenda with Kieran Gilbert Topics: Citizenship; Foreign interference laws; Same-sex marriage 06/12/2017 08:33AM Kieran Gilbert: For more on all of that I spoke to the Education Minister Simon Birmingham, and began by putting to him the fact that Labor maintains they’ve taken all reasonable steps and that the…
DetailsAustralian Year 4 students have shown marked improvement in reading literacy outcomes, according to a new international comparative study. Minister for Education and Training Simon Birmingham said the Progress in International Reading Literacy Study (PIRLS) showed Australian students improved their ranking from 27th (out of 45 countries) in 2011 to 21st (out of 50 countries)…
DetailsJoint media release with Interim Parliamentary Leader of the Nationals Nigel Scullion Applications open today for a new program to make access to science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) easier for 1200 students living in regional and remote areas of Australia. Interim Parliamentary Leader of the Nationals Nigel Scullion said all Australians deserve to have…
DetailsJoint media release with Interim Parliamentary Leader of the Nationals Nigel Scullion Students in Darwin will gain valuable real-world skills in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM), thanks to the Turnbull Government’s new Pathways in Technology (P-TECH) pilot program. Minister for Education and Training Simon Birmingham said Casuarina Senior College in Darwin would be the…
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