E&OE TRANSCRIPT Interview on ABC News Breakfast with Del Irani and Virginia Trioli Topics: Senator Xenophon and South Australia; Thousands of families hitting the child care rebate cap; Making child care more affordable, accessible and flexible; Supporting vulnerable families 16/02/2017 7:06AM Del Irani: Now, South Australian Independent Senator Nick Xenophon is under attack this morning…
DetailsE&OE TRANSCRIPT Interview on Channel 9 Today with Lisa Wilkinson Topics: Thousands of families hitting the child care rebate cap; Making child care more affordable, accessible and flexible; Fixing Australia’s debt and deficit 16 February 2017 06:22AM Lisa Wilkinson: Well, according to new figures…
DetailsAustralia’s 120,000 type 1 diabetes sufferers are set to benefit from a $4.5 million Turnbull Government funding boost for three new promising research projects. The three Innovation Award grants from the Type 1 Diabetes Clinical Research Network support projects that include at least one researcher from outside the field of type 1 diabetes and are…
DetailsBill Shorten has failed to defend the shambolic schools funding deals he stitched up as Education Minister in an interview this morning that highlighted Labor is more interested in playing politics with future funding rather than engaging in the sensible policy discussion the Turnbull Government is leading. Pushed repeatedly on criticisms of the Labor Party’s…
DetailsE&OE TRANSCRIPT Doorstop interview, Canberra Topics: Research grants for type 1 diabetes; Future schools funding arrangements; Sugar/salt tax; Medicare rebate 15/02/2017 11:45AM Simon Birmingham: Minister Hunt and I are thrilled to be here today with the wonderful researchers, the community from the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation, from Diabetes Australia, from a range of…
DetailsE&OE TRANSCRIPT Interview on ABC Radio Adelaide Breakfast with Matthew Abraham Topics: SA’s energy security; Labor’s refusal to say how much their 50 per cent renewable energy target will cost; Reducing Australia’s debt and deficit; Future schools funding arrangements 15/02/2017 8:35AM Matthew Abraham: It is Breakfast with Matthew Abraham and it will be Breakfast again…
DetailsE&OE TRANSCRIPT Speech at Innovation Award grants announcement for type 1 diabetes 15/02/2017 11:45AM Simon Birmingham: Thanks so much, Mike, for that welcome. We've got a little prop down here to assist Declan. I could stand on it and pretend that I'm like some sort of basketballer, but I'll remain at normal height and we'll…
DetailsChild care providers will save $430 million in administrative costs over the next decade as part of the Turnbull Government’s comprehensive and “whole of system” approach to child care. Minister for Education and Training Simon Birmingham said the red tape reduction was one of a number of changes agreed to by all states and territories…
DetailsE&OE TRANSCRIPT Interview on Sky News AM Agenda with Kieran Gilbert Topics: Energy security and affordability; Party preferencing; Making child care more affordable, accessible and flexible 13/02/2017 08:34AM Kieran Gilbert: First though to the Education Minister, I spoke to Simon Birmingham and started asking him about the Liberals calling for state energy targets to be…
DetailsE&OE TRANSCRIPT Interview on Sky News The Latest with Laura Jayes Topics: South Australia’s energy security; Australia’s energy mix; Making child care more affordable, accessible and fairer 09/02/2017 06:05PM Laura Jayes: Joining me now is South Australian Senator Simon Birmingham, and also the Education Minister. Minister Birmingham, thanks so much for your time. First…
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