E&OE TRANSCRIPT Address at the Conference of the Australian Science Teachers Association (CONASTA) 09/07/2018 09:30am Simon Birmingham: Thanks so much, Geoff [Quinton], for that welcome and I acknowledge you as the President of ASTA. Professor Trevor Hambley, Dean of Science at the University of Sydney. ASTA CEO, Vic Dobos. Margaret Shepherd, President of the…
E&OE TRANSCRIPT Remarks at USC Petrie Campus start of construction ceremony 04/07/2018 11:00AM Simon Birmingham: Thank you. Thank you so much, Heather. Thank you for the warm welcome as the interloper from outside of Queensland today. Can I also acknowledge the Kabi Kabi people and all of Australia’s Indigenous peoples? Can I recognise…
E&OE TRANSCRIPT Remarks at the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation Future Leaders Program event 27/06/2018 12:30PM Simon Birmingham: One of the- not one of, the best element of my job as Minister for Education and Training certainly isn’t running out of events like this, to get to Senate divisions in this crazy building. It’s the…
E&OE TRANSCRIPT Speech and Q&A at the American Chamber of Commerce South Australia Forum 23/06/2018 1:45PM Simon Birmingham: It’s a thrill to be here. My apologies if I’ve kept anybody waiting. Today I’ve had the thrills, spills and joys just next door at the convention centre of the COAG Education Council, which is…
E&OE TRANSCRIPT Q&A at the Positive Schools Conference, Adelaide 08/06/2018 12.00PM Michael Carr-Gregg: Thank you very much, Tracy(*), and Senator, thank you so much for your time. Simon Birmingham: Thanks Michael. Michael Carr-Gregg: It is in fact the 10th anniversary of the Positive Schools conferences, and as a sort of marker of…
E&OE TRANSCRIPT Speech to 2018 EduTech Conference, Sydney 08/06/2018 17:40pm Simon Birmingham: Well, thanks very much for that introduction and, well it’s a delight to be here. Quite an act to follow, indeed. I often- there’s some gymnastics involved in politics from time to time. Usually more of the verbal nature. And I certainly…
E&OE TRANSCRIPT Remarks at launch of the ARC Training Centre for Innovative Wine Production, University of Adelaide 06/06/2018 11:00am Simon Birmingham: Thank you, and thanks very much to Professor Sue Thomas, chief executive of the Australian Research Council, to Vice Chancellor Peter Rathjen, DVCR Mike Brooks, indeed, of course, particularly to Professor Jiranek, is…
E&OE TRANSCRIPT Address to Speech Pathology Australia Conference, Adelaide 28/05/2018 09:10AM Simon Birmingham: Thank you very much for that welcome and for the opportunity to join you all here with Speech Pathology Australia for your national conference. It’s always a delight, as a senator from South Australia, I often manage to find the chance…
E&OE TRANSCRIPT Speech at the Christian Schools Australia Forum at Parliament House 21/03/2018 7:15PM Simon Birmingham: To my various Parliamentary colleagues. I can spot a few in the audience. And to former Deputy Prime Minister John Anderson. Many distinguished leaders of Christian education from around Australia and the various representative bodies who have come together…
E&OE TRANSCRIPT Speech to Council of Private Higher Education AGM, Canberra 23/05/2018 10:00AM Simon Birmingham: Thanks very much, Don, for that welcome. Thank you for the chance to come and address the COPHE AGM today. Apologies that I’m a little late. On a morning of parliamentary sitting sessions, we have a regular catch-up between…