Subject: (Proposed Changes to Citizenship Laws) E&OE… KIERAN GILBERT: With me now this morning, or panel, the Assistant Education Minister, Simon Birmingham joins me from Adelaide and from Brisbane, Labor MP, Terri Butler. Good morning to you both. Simon, first to you on this piece written in the Fairfax papers this morning by Amanda Vanstone,…
Subject: (SA Training) E&OE… LEON BYNER: I’ve got Senator Simon Birmingham here. Simon, you’re going to meet with a lot of people in about an hour’s time who are in the training business, what do you make of this? We’ve spent $15 million [unclear] now even if they wanted to come back, there is a…
MATTHEW PANTELIS: Now, the issue of jobs and TAFE reforms in SA. I see the minister – the federal minister responsible, Senator Simon Birmingham, who's from South Australia, has written to his state counterpart, Gail Gago, to explain exactly how many jobs will go, how the system that Labor here wants to put in place…
Subject: (SA Government Training System) E&OE… LEON BYNER: Simon, how far down the track are we from this? Is there a breached agreement or not? Are you certain that, because you told us when you were in the studio last week that you were going to withhold money until you could get a handle on…
Subject: (The impacts of the SA Labor Government’s WorkReady training scheme on students, employers and jobs) E&OE… MATTHEW ABRAHAM: Senator Simon Birmingham is a South Australian Senator, he is Assistant Minister for Education and Training and actually controls quite a lot of money that is spent on vocational and other training skills in South Australia…
Subject: (Marriage Equality; Removing Citizenship from Dual Nationals Associated with Terrorist Organisations; Adam Goodes ) E&OE… CHRIS KENNY: Let’s cross down to Canberra and catch up with the Assistant Education Minister, Simon Birmingham; thanks for joining us, Simon. SIMON BIRMINGHAM: Good evening, Chris; great to be with you. CHRIS KENNY: First up, I want to…
Subject: (The impacts of the SA Labor Government’s WorkReady training scheme on students, employers and jobs) E&OE… SIMON BIRMINGHAM: I’m really worried that this programme is creating a boom-bust cycle for training in South Australia and removing choice for South Australian students and South Australian employers. Choice that gives them the chance to access the…
DAVID PENBERTHY: Well at a time when unemployment stands at the highest level on the mainland here in South Australia – it jumped by 0.7 per cent last month to 7.1 [per cent] – the last thing we want to see in this state is people being laid off unnecessarily. Well the expectations are that…
Subject: (South Australian VET) E&OE… MATTHEW ABRAHAM: Simon Birmingham is the Assistant Minister for Education and Training. There’s a fair bit of federal cash floating around for funding TAFE, particularly for competitive options in TAFE which includes the private sector- Simon Birmingham, welcome Senator. SIMON BIRMINGHAM: Good morning Matthew, David and listeners. MATTHEW ABRAHAM: Senator…
Subject: (Removal of Citizenship; NATSEM Modelling; Marriage Equality) E&OE… KIERAN GILBERT: Joining me now, the Assistant Education Minister, Senator Simon Birmingham and Shadow Minister for Citizenship and Multiculturalism, Michelle Rowland. Michelle, first of all to you on this idea of stripping citizenship off those found to be engaged with terrorist groups, what’s Labor’s position on…