Interview on Channel 9 Weekend TODAY with Deborah Knight

E&OE TRANSCRIPT Interview on Channel 9 Weekend TODAY with Deborah Knight Topics: Making child care and early learning more affordable, accessible and fairer; Future schools funding arrangements 25/03/2017 07:23AM Deborah Knight: Education Minister Simon Birmingham joins us now from Adelaide. Good morning, Minister. We know that around 150 private schools receive excess Government funding. How…

Interview on ABC Adelaide Breakfast with Matthew Abraham and David Bevan

E&OE TRANSCRIPT Interview on ABC Adelaide Breakfast with Matthew Abraham and David Bevan Topics: Racial Discrimination Act; Turnbull Government’s plan to make early childhood education and care more affordable, accessible and fairer; Penalty rates; Marriage equality  22/03/2017 08:35AM Matthew Abraham: Super Senator Wednesday today. When one senator’s barely enough, we’re bowling up three. Liberal Senator…

Interview on Channel 10 The Project with Waleed Aly, Carrie Bickmore and Gretel Killeen

E&OE TRANSCRIPT Interview on Channel 10 The Project with Waleed Aly, Carrie Bickmore and Gretel Killeen Topics: Turnbull Government’s plan to make early childhood education and care more affordable, accessible and fairer; Repairing the Budget 22/03/2017 06:36PM Waleed Aly: So, Education Minister Simon Birmingham is here to explain how this is going to work. Minister,…

Doorstop interview, Adelaide

E&OE TRANSCRIPT Doorstop interview, Adelaide Topics: Child care fee increases, The Turnbull Government’s child care reform, Same Sex Marriage 19/03/2017 10:00AM Simon Birmingham: Well today we have new government data that shows the continued growth in child care fees, which is a problem for both Australian families and Australian taxpayers, who wear a heightened bill…

Doorstop interview, Canberra

E&OE TRANSCRIPT Doorstop interview, Canberra Topics: Turnbull Government’s plan to make early childhood education and care more affordable, accessible and fairer; Newspoll 20/03/2017 07:45AM Simon Birmingham: These are reforms that will ensure an effective price mechanism to keep a cap on fee growth in the future. More support for the lowest income hard working Australian…

Interview on ABC News 24 Breakfast with Michael Rowland

E&OE TRANSCRIPT Interview on ABC News 24 Breakfast with Michael Rowland Topics: Turnbull Government’s plan to make early childhood education and care more affordable, accessible and fairer; Newspoll; Marriage equality 20/03/2017 07:47AM Michael Rowland: Let’s head to Federal Parliament now, where the Government’s hoping to make headway on its reforms to child care. But as…