Interview on The Guardian’s politics live podcast with Katharine Murphy

E&OE TRANSCRIPT Interview on The Guardian’s politics live podcast with Katharine Murphy Topics: Delivering real needs-based funding for schools and fixing Labor’s model; 2017 Budget 25/05/2017 Katharine Murphy: Simon Birmingham, thank you for joining the podcast. Simon Birmingham: Great to be with you.  Katharine Murphy: So on the weekend, readers of that august journal, The…

Doorstop interview, Canberra

E&OE TRANSCRIPT Doorstop interview, Canberra Topics: Delivering real needs-based funding for schools and fixing Labor’s model 23/05/2017 07:30AM Simon Birmingham:                  …representatives will commence debate on the Turnbull Government’s implementation of true Gonski-based, needs-based funding for Australian schools. We’re putting in $18.6 billion extra to fix the funding…

Doorstop interview, Adelaide

E&OE TRANSCRIPT Doorstop interview, Adelaide Topics: Delivering real needs-based funding for schools and fixing Labor’s model; Cracking down on ‘revenge porn’; Marriage equality; Julian Assange 20/05/2017 12:40PM Simon Birmingham:    It’s in the interests of many different vested interests in the schools debate to try to muddy the waters; to try to create falsehoods or…

Doorstop interview, Adelaide

E&OE TRANSCRIPT Doorstop interview, Adelaide Topics: Meeting with state and territory Education Ministers; Delivering real needs-based funding for schools and fixing Labor’s model; Support for students with disability; French President’s Cabinet appointments 18/05/2017 03:05PM Simon Birmingham:     Well, just over two weeks ago Malcolm Turnbull and I joined with David Gonski to announce the…