E&OE TRANSCRIPT Interview on Channel 9 Today Perth with Tracy Vo Topics: Deliver real, Gonski needs-based funding for schools 31/07/2017 07:07AM Tracy Vo: And first on the agenda for Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull today is a trip to Swan View Senior High School in Perth Hills. He’ll announce a funding boost of nearly $47 million…
DetailsE&OE TRANSCRIPT Address to Catholic Education Western Australia Conference 31/07/2017 2:00PM Simon Birmingham: Thanks, thanks very much Jolie for that introduction, and Tim, thank you. It is a wonderful opportunity to be able to seize the moment, the chance, to have this moment, to be able to come and address all of you today, to…
DetailsE&OE TRANSCRIPT Conference – CEWA 31 July 2017 Moderator: When we picked up The Australian paper today, front page there was an article about the fractured relationship between the Government and Catholic parents and Catholic educators. Tim Dodd wrote in the Financial Review this morning an article about explaining the $1.1 billion funding shortfall to…
DetailsE&OE TRANSCRIPT Interview on ABC Radio Adelaide Breakfast with David Bevan Topics: Citizenship, Murray-Darling Basin Plan 26/07/2017 08:36AM David Bevan: In our studio, Amanda Rishworth, Labor MP for the Labor-held seat of Kingston in the southern suburbs. Good morning, Amanda. Amanda Rishworth: Good morning. David Bevan: Cory Bernardi, the former Liberal Senator, now leader of…
DetailsE&OE TRANSCRIPT Doorstop interview, Artarmon Public School NSW Topics: Digital Technologies Challenges; Future workforce skills; Islamic School of Canberra; Senator Canavan 26/07/2017 11:45AM Trent Zimmerman: I’d like to welcome Simon Birmingham to Artarmon Public School today. Artarmon Public School is one of the great schools on the North Shore of Sydney, and in fact, the…
DetailsThe computer coding skills of students at Artarmon Public School were on full display today as part of an innovative new drive to improve digital literacy in our schools. The Minister for Education and Training Simon Birmingham joined local MP Trent Zimmermann at Artarmon Public School to see students demonstrate their digital skills as part…
DetailsInterview on ABC Radio Adelaide Drive with Jules Schiller Topics: Delivering real, Gonski needs-based funding for schools; Murray-Darling Basin Plan 25/07/2017 04:45PM Jules Schiller: Yes, like I said at the start of the show: there’s no maths like Gonski maths. Huge cuts, and at the same time, huge increases in spending depending to which political…
DetailsLeaders from the Labor Party are heading back to school today but they need to make sure they go to a maths class after issuing an embarrassing media release riddled with mistakes and mistruths. The simple fact is that the school Tanya Plibersek, Penny Wong and Susan Close are visiting today is set for…
DetailsPublic submissions have opened for the Coalition Government’s review of regional education. Deputy Prime Minister Barnaby Joyce said the announcement was an important milestone in the Government’s efforts to ensure regional, rural and remote students not only achieve success at school, but go on to further study, training and employment. “This independent review offers an…
DetailsE&OE TRANSCRIPT Interview on ABC Radio Adelaide with David Bevan Topics: Emissions standards of new vehicles; Prime Minister’s Disraeli Prize speech; Women in politics; Review to Achieve Educational Excellence in Australian Schools 12/07/2017 08:35AM David Bevan: A big Adelaide Breakfast welcome to Simon Birmingham, federal Education Minister and South Australian Liberal Senator. Simon Birmingham: Good…
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