Will Goodings: We started the program this morning by having a look at a story that came out of The Australian, and it regards an education program in Australian schools with regard to the Lesbian, Gay, Bi, Transgender community, and how that education should take place, has some excerpts of the sorts of modules and classes…
DetailsFran Kelly: Australia’s largest Muslim school may be forced to close after the Federal Government revoked $19 million in annual funding. Located in south-western Sydney, Malek Fahd is one of six Islamic schools under review due to financial mismanagement and governance failures. The Education Minister Simon Birmingham is in our Parliament House studios. Minister good…
DetailsSimon Birmingham: …issued a notice of intention to the Malek Fahd School in New South Wales that its funding would be suspended and terminated from the end of term one of this year. This decision was undertaken by the Department following extensive investigations into where or not the authorised authority for that school was compliant…
DetailsKieran Gilbert: And with me now Cabinet Minister for Education, Senator Birmingham. Senator Birmingham it looks like there are some like Sinodinos in the Government who still very much supportive of an increase in the GST. The Prime Minister though pretty much shelving the idea according to most people’s analysis of his comments yesterday? Simon…
DetailsJulie Doyle: Simon Birmingham, thanks for coming in. Let's start with these figures that have been released by Goodstart Early Learning. Now, Goodstart says they are happy with the economic impact of the package, but they still want some changes to help disadvantaged children. Are you open to any revision here? Simon Birmingham: Well, we are…
DetailsPatricia Karvelas: School is back, Parliament has returned, and education policy is squarely in focus. The major parties have major differences in the areas of schools funding now, with the Gonski announcement by Labor, child care, and also TAFE, and at most six months until an election campaign. Simon Birmingham is the Federal Education Minister.…
DetailsSubjects: Election of UN Secretary General, child care reforms, Labor’s schools policy, education funding, GST and tax reform Peter van Onselen: Alright, let’s bring in Simon Birmingham, he’s the Education Minister, he’s the Senator, he joins us live from the nation’s capital, now that they’re finally hard at work on Tuesday. Thanks for your company. Simon Birmingham: G’day…
DetailsDavid Bevan: As I say, on Wednesdays we like to gather some of the big heavy hitters together to discuss for you the big national issues of the day. Of course, the GST is right front amongst them, but also is this decision by the High Court which will affect I think immediately about 200…
DetailsLisa Wilkinson: There's been more threatening phone calls causing mass evacuations at schools across the country. While police try to establish who’s behind the hoaxes, there’s frustration in the community as students and teachers continue to face major students’ disruption. Federal Education Minister Simon Birmingham is in Canberra for us and he joins us now.…
DetailsSimon Birmingham: Statistics show that 20 per cent of all Australian children start school with substandard vocabulary. They don’t understand, or know enough words to be able to kick off at school and succeed. Not just in reading or writing, but in all of the things that are required at school. And whilst we can do…
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