The newly established Australian Industry and Skills Committee (AISC) will hold their inaugural meeting in Melbourne today. Assistant Minister for Education and Training, Senator Simon Birmingham, will attend today’s meeting and said the Committee is to play a vital role in the Australian Government’s new vocational education and training (VET) model. “This meeting is an…
DetailsSubject: (Proposed Changes to Citizenship Laws) E&OE… KIERAN GILBERT: With me now this morning, or panel, the Assistant Education Minister, Simon Birmingham joins me from Adelaide and from Brisbane, Labor MP, Terri Butler. Good morning to you both. Simon, first to you on this piece written in the Fairfax papers this morning by Amanda Vanstone,…
DetailsMATTHEW PANTELIS: Now, the issue of jobs and TAFE reforms in SA. I see the minister – the federal minister responsible, Senator Simon Birmingham, who's from South Australia, has written to his state counterpart, Gail Gago, to explain exactly how many jobs will go, how the system that Labor here wants to put in place…
DetailsSubject: (SA Training) E&OE… LEON BYNER: I’ve got Senator Simon Birmingham here. Simon, you’re going to meet with a lot of people in about an hour’s time who are in the training business, what do you make of this? We’ve spent $15 million [unclear] now even if they wanted to come back, there is a…
DetailsThe Government is investing around $6 billion this year to support people undertaking vocational education and training (VET), including more than 300,000 apprentices. Assistant Minister for Education and Training, Senator Simon Birmingham, said Ms Bird and her Labor colleagues had got it wrong accusing the Abbott Government of squibbing young apprentices. “At the same time…
DetailsSubject: (The impacts of the SA Labor Government’s WorkReady training scheme on students, employers and jobs) E&OE… MATTHEW ABRAHAM: Senator Simon Birmingham is a South Australian Senator, he is Assistant Minister for Education and Training and actually controls quite a lot of money that is spent on vocational and other training skills in South Australia…
DetailsSubject: (SA Government Training System) E&OE… LEON BYNER: Simon, how far down the track are we from this? Is there a breached agreement or not? Are you certain that, because you told us when you were in the studio last week that you were going to withhold money until you could get a handle on…
DetailsSubject: (Marriage Equality; Removing Citizenship from Dual Nationals Associated with Terrorist Organisations; Adam Goodes ) E&OE… CHRIS KENNY: Let’s cross down to Canberra and catch up with the Assistant Education Minister, Simon Birmingham; thanks for joining us, Simon. SIMON BIRMINGHAM: Good evening, Chris; great to be with you. CHRIS KENNY: First up, I want to…
DetailsSubject: (The impacts of the SA Labor Government’s WorkReady training scheme on students, employers and jobs) E&OE… SIMON BIRMINGHAM: I’m really worried that this programme is creating a boom-bust cycle for training in South Australia and removing choice for South Australian students and South Australian employers. Choice that gives them the chance to access the…
DetailsI returned home from Canberra today to do what Jay Weatherill has failed to do – listen to students, employers and training providers about South Australian Labor’s flawed new training model, WorkReady. This model has been universally criticised as stripping students and employers of effective choice in accessing high quality, value for money training. Sectors…
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