Peter Beattie: And tonight we’ve got the Education Minister Simon Birmingham, and he’s in Canberra, and as we all know, this is one of the most important portfolios in government. So Simon, thank you very much for joining us. Could I ask you a really important fundamental question that every mum and dad wants to know?…
Daryl Manzie: Now as I said earlier, we’ve seen certainly some pretty negative headlines regarding the Federal Government’s funding of – you know, future funding of education in the Territory. We’ve spoken to the Education Minister here, who’s not only assured us that funding levels from the Federal Government have not dropped, but they’ve increased…
Steve Price: Yes indeed, Wednesday night. Danny joins me in the studio as he always does. Danny Bielik good evening to you. Danny Bielik: How are you Steve? Steve Price: Good thank you, we’re going to talk in a minute to the Education Minister Simon Birmingham, he’s going to be in for a very interesting 73 days…
Ali Clarke: Now though, there was a report out yesterday that nine out of ten government schools are siphoning money from maintenance and library budgets to help students with disabilities. To find out more, I am joined by Correna Haythorpe, who is the Federal President of the Australian Education Union. Good morning Correna. Correna Haythorpe: Good morning…
Keith Pitt: So I’m here today with Simon Birmingham, the Federal Minister for Education and of course the Senator the South Australia to open wonderful facilities right here in St James in Hervey Bay. This is a great opportunity for us to give direct feedback to the Federal Minister for Education about what’s important to the…
Kieran Gilbert: Joining me now this morning in the Canberra studio to discuss this and the other issues of the day, the Education Minister Simon Birmingham. Minister thanks for our time, now we’re just a few months out from the poll, it’s been said that the published polls don’t reflect the internal polling. I don’t…
Simon Birmingham: Today I’m pleased to announce a positive resolution in relation to our inquiries into three schools and their eligibility for government funding. Starting way back in May of last year, the Commonwealth undertook an audit of six schools affiliated with the Australian Federation of Islamic Councils. And in our assessment of that we’ve…
Fiona Wyllie: And higher education is in the news again today. The Federal Minister for Education has announced a review into university entrance standards, and confirming cuts to university funding is still a possibility in the May Budget. He faced protests last night, and now he is with us on Statewide Drive, the Minister for Education…
Simon Birmingham: … technology network of universities, some of our most technology rich and intensive universities have agreed on principles around intellectual property arrangements that will make it far simpler for them to be able to engage with business, and importantly far simpler for business to be able to engage and collaborate with universities. And…
Tom Tilley: So many questions came out of that story just there, and thankfully we have the Education Minister Simon Birmingham here to answer them. Simon Birmingham, thank you so much for joining us. Simon Birmingham: G’day Tom, great to be with you. Tom Tilley: First things first: this week you’ve reiterated that Christopher Pyne’s deregulation plans were…