Matt White: Well, now we are joined by Education Minister Simon Birmingham. Simon, it is day two of what is going to be a 15-week campaign. Doesn’t the fact that we are already talking about Tony Abbott indicate that you have got a big problem? Simon Birmingham: Well, we are not in the campaign yet. There is…
Leon Byner: But in the meantime, new laws allowing the Federal Government to withhold payments from parents who fail to vaccinate their children seem to have lead to an increase in vaccination rates. And to talk to the Minister for Education, let’s do so. Simon Birmingham, good morning. Simon Birmingham: Good morning Leon and good morning to…
Matthew Abraham: Well, is it Malcolm Turnbull's House of Cards? House of Cards can be brilliant if you follow both the UK and the US TV series or they have a habit of falling down and collapsing on you. Which way will it be? We don't know yet. What we are looking at though is…
Tom Tilley: All right, well let’s get the inside word from a senior Minister in the Turnbull Government, the Education Minister Simon Birmingham. He was in charge of the changes to the Safe Schools Coalition as well, which was announced last week, so we’re also going to ask him about that. Simon Birmingham, thank you so…
David Penberthy: Well that slogan, gay, straight, black, or white, was some of the chanting that you were hearing from the protesters here in Adelaide outside Senator Cory Bernardi's office in Kent Town on Friday. The wooden thud was the sound of his front gate being kicked over by the protesters, and presumably these people are…
Subject: Schools funding arrangements Kim Landers: With education funding the new battleground in the tussle between the Federal Government and the states and territories, I’m joined from Adelaide by the Federal Education Minister, Senator Simon Birmingham. Minister, good morning. Simon Birmingham: Good morning Kim, great to be with you. Kim Landers: Can you give me an example of why…
Simon Birmingham: The Turnbull Government has clear policies to fix the broken child care system, and the only thing standing in the way of those policies are the Labor Party, Greens and an obstructionist senate. We’re willing to invest, and planning to invest, $3 billion extra to help families pay for the cost of child…
Simon Birmingham: Students have every right to feel safe in our schools in their most important learning environments. They have every right to be safe from bullying, from homophobia, they have every right to feel included in every activity in that school environment. They also have every right to be safe from inappropriate material, material that…
Richard Glover: Simon Birmingham is the Education and Training Minister. Good afternoon. Simon Birmingham: Good afternoon Richard and good afternoon to your listeners. Richard Glover: Vulnerable in what way? What do we mean by that? Simon Birmingham: Well Richard, this is data out of the third national census we’ve undertaken of children in their first…
Tom Elliott: All right, our next guest, as I mentioned earlier, is the Federal Minister for Education and Training, the Honourable Simon Birmingham, Senator for South Australia. Senator, good afternoon. Simon Birmingham: Good afternoon Tom, good afternoon to your listeners. Tom Elliott: Now I have a media release in front of me with your name…