E&OE TRANSCRIPT Press Conference January 30 2016 SIMON BIRMINGHAM: Today we have released data that confirms the enormous benefits that will flow to working Australian families from the Turnbull Government’s new child care reforms. Almost one million Australian families will be better off as a result of the new child care…
DetailsNick Rheinberger: But right now Simon Birmingham the Minister for Education and Training joins us on the morning show. Mr Birmingham good morning. Simon Birmingham: Good morning Nick, and good morning to your listeners. Nick Rheinberger: You suggest that the Labor Party is saying they’re putting money first, this headline of Gonski and here’s the figure,…
DetailsLabor has today announced a three-page press release “schools policy” that is short on detail and repeats their previous mistakes in education policy yet spends $37 billion that will drive the budget deficit higher. Many of Labor’s so called ‘reforms’ in relation to teacher quality, increased focus on STEM, engaging with parents and providing record supports for students with disabilities are…
DetailsSimon Birmingham: …$37 billion that will only cause to drive the budget deficit higher. Labor continued to make the same kinds of mistakes in relation to education policy that they’ve made in the past. A belief that just spending more automatically improves educational outcomes and student outcomes. We know for a fact that that is…
DetailsEleanor Hall: Some Australian universities are offering places to school leavers whose scores are way below the required course cut-off. Critics warn this will have dire consequences for the skill levels of our future teachers, lawyers and engineers. But the peak body representing universities say the scores are not the only measure of a student’s potential…
DetailsThe Coalition Government has overseen the biggest jump in Indigenous higher education enrolments in nearly a decade according to new student data released today that also highlights record overall enrolment numbers and increases in enrolments of regional and low socio-economic students. Minister for Education and Training Simon Birmingham said despite the Labor Party’s fear…
DetailsChristopher Pyne: Everyone’s ready? Katrina Falkner: Well thank you for coming today. We’d very much like to welcome Mr Pyne and Mr Birmingham for coming and helping us announce the fantastic funding initiative that they are supporting us with. Over the past 18 months we’ve been running an open, free online course for teachers, for…
DetailsAustralian students from rural, remote, disadvantaged and Indigenous schools stand to benefit from a $6.9 million Turnbull Government initiative to improve digital technologies training for teachers. Minister for Industry, Innovation and Science, Christopher Pyne and Minister for Education and Training, Senator Simon Birmingham announced the additional funding would provide access to a unique University of…
DetailsMatthew Abraham: It’s our first Super Wednesday of 2016, where we bring together key players in Federal politics who have their boots on the ground right here in South Australia. Liberal Senator Simon Birmingham is Minister for Education and joins us in the studio, welcome to the studio Simon Birmingham. Simon Birmingham: Good morning, great to…
DetailsVanessa Mills: Late last year the Federal Government introduced legislation that they claimed would make child care more simple, affordable, and flexible. Yesterday this program heard from the National Aboriginal and Islander Child Care association, who said the legislation was far from simple and that it would have a significant impact on low-income families. [Excerpt]…
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