Subject: (Australian Apprenticeship Support Network) E&OE… SIMON BIRMINGHAM: Thank you so much for coming out this morning for the announcement regarding the Australian Apprenticeship Support Network. It’s great to be here with Brihony from MEGT, one of the successful tenderers for services under the support network, and Steve from Brighton Bricklaying and Dave, his apprentice,…
Subject: (Bali 9 Executions; Marriage Equality; Direct Action Policy; Education Reform) E&OE… PETER VAN ONSELEN: I’m joined now live out of Adelaide by the Assistant Education Minister, Senator Simon Birmingham, thanks very much for being there. SIMON BIRMINGHAM: Good morning Peter, pleasure to be with you. PETER VAN ONSELEN: I want…
Subject: (Budget; Woolworths ANZAC Campaign) E&OE… KIERAN GILBERT: The world’s leading economic group, the World Monetary Fund, has cut Australia’s growth forecast as the nation feels the crunch from the route in commodity prices. It comes ahead of the Prime Minister’s important pre-budget speech later today to the Australian Chamber of Commerce and…
SIMON BIRMINGHAM: Well thanks very much for coming along today. Today is an important step in a series of rolling announcements in reforms to strengthen vocational education and training in Australia – especially to strengthen the quality of vocational education and training and to ensure that those who may wish to rort or abuse the…
Subject: (NSW Election Result) E&OE… KIERAN GILBERT: This is AM Agenda, thanks very much for your company. With me now, the Shadow Human Services Minister, Doug Cameron and the Assistant Education Minister, Senator Simon Birmingham. First to you, Minister, the result at the weekend, a clear win to Mike Baird; should this give the government…
Subject: (Higher Education Reforms) E&OE… STUART BOCKING: Senator Simon Birmingham is a member of the Senate himself, he’s the Assistant Minister for Education and Training and he’s on the line, Senator Birmingham good morning. SIMON BRIMINGHAM: Good morning Stuart and good morning to your listeners. STUART BOCKING: Is this a failure,…
Subject: (Higher Education Reforms) E&OE… SIMON BIRMINGHAM: Christopher Pyne has built a consensus of support amongst Australia’s higher education institutions for higher education reform, for our universities reform package. That is because whether it is the TAFE directors or the G8 (group of eight), whether it’s the private education providers or Universities Australia…
GORGI COCHLAN: So how would you like to pay out more than the cost of a university degree for a diploma that might not be worth the paper it’s printed on? WALEED ALY: Which of these three training courses is real? A: a 21-day Diploma of Hypnotherapy for Pregnancy and Childbirth, costing $9,225; B: an…
Subject: Higher Education Reforms; Gun Control E&OE… KIERAN GILBERT: Thanks very much for your company this morning, with me now Liberal front bencher, the Assistant Education Minister, Senator Simon Birmingham and the Shadow Minister for Citizenship, Michelle Rowland, good to see you both. Michelle Rowland, in terms of the higher education reforms, the…
SUBJECTS: VET FEE-HELP E&OE… SIMON BIRMINGHAM: Australia’s training system is one of the best in the world. Today, the Federal Government is announcing a range of reforms to the VET FEE-HELP scheme, to ensure the integrity of our training system is preserved well into the future. VET FEE-HELP is an important scheme. It provides opportunities…