Global Skills Forum

SIMON BIRMINGHAM: Thanks very much, John, and good morning ladies and gentlemen. John did all the scene setting that was required there, so I’m not sure that my comments are too required to add terribly much to this.  Thank you for coming today for what is an important discussion around our national strategy for international…

AMEP Forum

SIMON BIRMINGHAM: Thank you very much, welcome, it is great to be here today at this second round of consultations for the Adult Migrant English Program. They say that the government test of a good policy or a good program is on that withstands a change in government. In this case, AMEP has been around…

‘The MAS Experience’ Launch

E&OE… SIMON BIRMINGHAM: Thanks to Paul and Elizabeth. Ladies and gentlemen it’s great to see you all here today, it’s wonderful to be here in enemy territory at the Port Adelaide Football Club; probably one of the most historic and, dare I say, sacred sites in Adelaide and South Australia. Not my preferred place of…

Shanghai Pharmaceutical School

SIMON BIRMINGHAM: Ms Lau thank you for your warm words of welcome and for the display of welcoming hospitality we've received on arriving here at the Shanghai Pharmaceutical School. Australia is incredibly proud of our vocational education in training system, it delivers highly skilled workers for our economy, it gives them nationally recognised qualifications that…

Korea Polytechnic – South Korea

Subject: (Strengthening education ties between Australia and South Korea) E&OE… SIMON BIRMINGHAM: Thank you. Your English is much better than my Korean and I won’t try anymore, but thank you very much distinguished leaders of education and training here in Korea for welcoming me and the delegation from Australia, from our embassy, from our institute…

Austcham Roundtable – China

SIMON BIRMINGHAM: Thank you for all coming along today and firstly, my apologies that we were a little late, Catharine assured me that the schedule was done on Shanghai traffic, not Adelaide traffic. While it’s good to be here, can I also, just out the outset begin by thanking Austcham for hosting this event, express…

Apprenticeships Matter

SIMON BIRMINGHAM: Thanks so much George and to you and the team. Ian and Michael and all here at Apprenticeships Matter and your key stakeholders and your colleagues and friends that you work with, thanks for having me along here today. I must say as I am the father of a two year old and…

NCVER Conference

E&OE… SIMON BIRMINGHAM: Well thanks so very much Craig for that introduction, and to NCVER for having me along today. It's wonderful to be with you today, it was particularly wonderful though to start the day enjoying the kind hospitality of Qantas for an extra couple of hours this morning.  So, I loved it so…