E&OE TRANSCRIPT Address at the opening of the Bald Hills Interchange with Minister Peter Malinauskas and Mayor Ann Ferguson 15/08/2016 Simon Birmingham: … everybody and welcome. It's wonderful for me to be here representing the Federal Government, representing the Minister for Urban Infrastructure Paul Fletcher as well as being here with a number of important…
DetailsThe latest data from the early education and care sector shows the Turnbull Government has continued the downward trend in child care price increases. Minister for Education and Training Simon Birmingham said new departmental data showed average child care hourly fees grew by 5.2 per cent in the year to September 2015, well-below the…
DetailsE&OE TRANSCRIPT 12/08/2016 Simon Birmingham: Thanks Ian for that introduction. Always a pleasure when somebody goes back and looks at your maiden speech especially when it’s a speech given almost 10 years ago and with a tiny element of trepidation when you’re sitting in the audience and somebody says they’re about to quote from it.…
DetailsMatthew Abraham: David always hits the live button to Facebook as if it’s a ticking bomb on his phone. Nothing can possibly go wrong, in his spare time he has devised the census computer system. Penny Wong: That’s working as well [indistinct]. David Bevan: I think it’s working. Matthew Abraham: Yes, yes, yes, the Facebook…
DetailsInterviewer: Minister, I really appreciate your time for us here at Seven. Can I ask you, how bad is the shortage of maths and science teachers? Simon Birmingham: Well, we know there are potentially hundreds of vacancies for maths and science teachers around the country, but many, many more who are underqualified in terms of…
DetailsSteve Austin: Well earlier this year it was revealed that nearly three-quarters of state high school teachers weren’t adequately qualified to teach maths and science. The Australian Education Union report which revealed this was rejected by the State Education Minister Kate Jones but the Queensland Teachers Union at the time said they weren’t surprised. Well…
DetailsI would like to acknowledge: • Elder Songwoman Maroochy for the Welcome to Country and pay my respects to all of Australia’s Indigenous people and in particular the Turrbal nation, the traditional owners of the land on which the Conference is being held. • Professor Geoff Masters AO, Chief Executive Officer, ACER • Distinguished international…
DetailsMore than 7,500 initial teacher education students have already sat or registered to sit a new test that will ensure all new teachers’ literacy and numeracy skills are in the top 30 per cent of the adult population. Minister for Education and Training Simon Birmingham said of the teaching students who had sat the test…
DetailsCarrie Bickmore: Well, Senator Simon Birmingham is the Education Minister and he joins us now. Minister, as we’ve just heard, NAPLAN results are plateauing. We’re falling behind by international standards. Our education system just doesn’t seem to be in a good place at the moment. As Education Minister, that can’t be a great feeling? Simon…
DetailsAdam Shand: Right, let’s talk about NAPLAN. The results are in, and there’s a plateauing of performance of students in the NAPLAN according to the results. The only one to buck the trend is Western Australia. When NAPLAN was on, okay, we had a number of calls from parents in Western Australia who said our…
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