Doorstop interview, Yankalilla Area School

E&OE TRANSCRIPT Doorstop interview, Yankalilla Area School Topics: Engineering is Elementary program; New child care package; Mayo by-election. 13/06/2018 10:00am   Georgina Downer:        Well it’s great to have Minister for Education Simon Birmingham here today at the Yankalilla Area School, and we’ve just had a fantastic demonstration of the new program Engineering is Elementary, and…

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Interview on ABC News 24 with Julie Doyle

E&OE TRANSCRIPT Interview on ABC News 24 with Julie Doyle Topics: New child care package 12/06/2018 13:30PM   Kathryn Robinson:       Time is running out for families to switch over to the Government’s new system for child care payments. Around 300,000 families risk losing their government subsidies from 2 July if they don’t update their details.…

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Doorstop interview, Canberra

E&OE TRANSCRIPT Doorstop interview, Canberra Topics: New child care package; Calls for a Royal Commission into aged care 12/06/2018 9:30AM   Simon Birmingham:     The Turnbull Government is now a little under three weeks away from providing the greatest improvements to Australia’s child care support and subsidy system in forty years. We’re putting in place a…

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Interview on Sky News Live AM Agenda with Tom Connell

E&OE TRANSCRIPT Interview on Sky News Live AM Agenda with Tom Connell Topics: Meeting between President Trump and Kim Jong-un; New child care package; Western Civilisation Scholarship Program 12/06/2018 9:10AM   Tom Connell:               Joining me now in the studio is the Education Minister, Simon Birmingham. Thanks for your time today.         Simon Birmingham:     G’day,…

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Interview on Sky News with David Speers

E&OE TRANSCRIPT Interview on Sky News with David Speers Topics: Turnbull Government’s child care reforms 11/06/2018 04:19PM   David Speers:  Well, the Minister Simon Birmingham’s making no apologies for the fact that under his reforms, as I say, three weeks from coming into effect mean that no longer will an entirely stay-at-home parent be able…

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Doorstop interview, Gawler

E&OE TRANSCRIPT Doorstop interview, Gawler Topics: The Turnbull Government’s child care reforms; Barnaby Joyce; Donald Trump 11/06/2018 11:45AM   Simon Birmingham:    Well, thanks very much for coming today. The latest data out today shows that under the Turnbull Government’s sweeping improvements to Australia’s child care system, families are on average going to be around $1300…

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Interview on ABC AM with Sabra Lane

E&OE TRANSCRIPT Interview on ABC AM with Sabra Lane Topics: Changes to child care subsidies 11/06/2018 07:17AM   Sabra Lane:                 The Federal Government’s new child care subsidy comes into effect in three weeks’ time, but on latest estimates, about 350,000 families who are eligible to receive some form of payment won’t receive a cent. Why?…

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Facebook live interview with Stephanie Bedo from news.com.au

E&OE TRANSCRIPT Facebook live interview with Stephanie Bedo from news.com.au Topics: New child care package 7/06/2018 06:00PM   Reporter:                      Good afternoon, Minister, thanks for joining us this afternoon on this Facebook Live chat about the upcoming child care changes.   Simon Birmingham:     Pleasure, great to be with you.   Reporter:                      So, we know how…

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