Subject: Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull; Submarines E&OE… DAVID PENBERTHY: We are going to talk now to the South Australian Liberal Senator Simon Birmingham who is currently the Assistant Minister for Education and Training but all that is probably going to change very quickly as a result of Malcolm Turnbull’s elevation last night. Senator Birmingham, thank…
Subject: Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull E&OE… FRAN KELLY: Assistant Education Minster, Simon Birmingham, was one of Malcolm Turnbull’s key backers, he helped orchestrate this leadership change, Simon Birmingham good morning welcome to breakfast. SIMON BIRMINGHAM: Good morning, Fran. FRAN KELLY: Why did your party need to change leaders? SIMON BIRMINGHAM: Fran, we have been a…
Subject: Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull; Submarines E&OE… MATTHEW ABRAHAM: Simon Birmingham is a Liberal Senator for South Australia, welcome to the program Senator. SIMON BIRMINGHAM: Good morning Matthew, David and listeners. MATTHEW ABRAHAM: Were you spooked by the polls and also the threat posed by Nick Xenophon and that was what got you and Chris…
Subject: Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull E&OE… JULIE DOYLE: Senator, thanks for coming in. Let's start, it’s the day after now, what are your reflections on last night? SIMON BIRMINGHAM: Julie, yesterday was a difficult day and of course challenging days lie ahead. It obviously is a very personally difficult time for Tony and his family and…
Subject: Party Leadership; economic reform E&OE… KIERAN GILBERT: Good morning and welcome to the program. It’s coming like a freight train, that was the view of one Abbott Government Minister in relation to the prospect of a Turnbull challenge. Just when is it going to happen though? There is certainly a sense that it is…
Subject: (Syrian Humanitarian Crisis; Apprenticeship commencement/completion data) E&OE… PATRICIA KARVELAS: The number of Australians starting an apprenticeship or a traineeship has dropped by a staggering 20% over the last year. Apprenticeship and training commencements fell to 190,200 in the 12 months up to March, but there’s also a recalibration going on in the numbers, with…
Subjects: Syrian humanitarian crisis; NXT political party. E&OE… MATTHEW ABRAHAM: Senator Simon Birmingham this issue raised by Premier Jay Weatherill and it was a Liberal Premier John Olsen in the Kosovo crisis who opened this State’s arms to asylum seekers under safe haven visas, would you support that for South Australia now with people fleeing…
Subject: (Regional Apprentices; INAP Conference) E&OE… JOURNALIST: So Senator what’s your take on the importance of apprenticeships within regional Victoria? SIMON BIRMINGHAM: Look, apprenticeships are critical. We’ve got more than 300,000 apprentices nationally, more than 2,000 in Ballarat alone and it’s a demonstration of the fact that apprenticeships provide pathways for people to both earn…
SIMON BIRMINGHAM: Thanks for coming along here today to the Civil Contractors Federation. As you can see behind me, we have high quality, world class training facilities that the taxpayers helped invest millions of dollars into the construction of and yet now under the state government’s new WorkReady system, all of the taxpayer subsidised places…
Subject: (SA Training) E&OE… DAVID PENBERTHY: Private providers have already sacked 176 people and the fear is that the situation is going to get worse. We’re joined now by the Federal Assistant Minister for Education and Training, Senator Simon Birmingham; Senator thank you for your time. Now one part of this whole story that I…