Interview on 2GB with Michael McLaren

E&OE TRANSCRIPT Interview on 2GB with Michael McLaren Topics: NAPLAN and Civics/Citizenship test results; 13/12/2017 03:38PM Michael McLaren: Yeah, welcome back. Look, as we flagged earlier, there’s a bit of bad news around today for our education authorities. Two key reports have been released, and they say our students’ numeracy and literacy rates are stagnating,…

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Interview on ABC Adelaide 891, Breakfast with Spence Denny

E&OE TRANSCRIPT Interview on ABC Adelaide 891, Breakfast with Spence Denny Topics: Sam Dastyari; NAPLAN and Civics/Citizenship test results 13/12/2017 08:36AM Spence Denny:            And it’s a Wednesday. It’s my first chance to do Super Wednesday. I’m quite looking forward to this. Amanda Rishworth is in the studio, Member for Kingston, shadow minister for early childhood…

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Interview on Sky News AM Agenda with Kieran Gilbert

E&OE TRANSCRIPT Interview on Sky News AM Agenda with Kieran Gilbert Topics: NAPLAN and Civics/Citizenship test results; Sam Dastyari 13/12/2017 08:31 AM Kieran Gilbert:             Good morning, welcome to the program. Literacy and numeracy standards among secondary students have either flat-lined or gone backwards in the past decade. Preliminary NAPLAN results in August showed small…

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Interview on FIVEaa Will Goodings and David Penberthy

E&OE TRANSCRIPT Interview on FIVEaa Will Goodings and David Penberthy Topics: NAPLAN and Civics/Citizenship test results 13/12/2017 06:13 AM Presenter:                   Hey, we mentioned right at the top to start us off this morning that NAPLAN results came out today. We’ve got the Education Minister federally, Senator Simon Birmingham on the line to discuss how South…

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Interview on Channel 9 Today with Chris Uhlmann

E&OE TRANSCRIPT Interview on Channel 9 Today with Chris Uhlmann Topics: NAPLAN and Civics/Citizenship test results 13/12/2017 6:33 AM          Chris Uhlmann:           There’s some worrying news for parents this morning with a new report revealing millions of Aussie children are failing to meet minimum education standards in basic skills. Overall the latest NAPLAN results show an…

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Interview on Channel 7 Sunrise

E&OE TRANSCRIPT Interview on Channel 7 Sunrise Topics: NAPLAN and Civics/Citizenship test results 13/12/2017 06:21 AM David Koch:                   Now, the latest national NAPLAN test results are out this morning. They show student results have stagnated with the proportion of pupils achieving the national minimum standard actually declining. There have been pockets of improvement but maths,…

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Interview on FIVEaa with Leon Byner

E&OE TRANSCRIPT Interview on FIVEaa with Leon Byner Topic: TAFE SA crisis 12/12/2017 09:12AM Leon Byner:                 Senator Simon Birmingham, what’s the latest you’ve got? Good morning. Simon Birmingham:    Well, good morning, Leon, and yes, I, as the Federal Minister, have been taking a close look at the impact in relation to international students. International…

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Interview on FIVEaa with Leon Byner

E&OE TRANSCRIPT Interview on FIVEaa with Leon Byner Topics: TAFE SA crisis 08/12/17 09:45AM Leon Byner: Yesterday, I read out a letter from Joe Hooper from the AMA. It said that aged care nurse educators of TAFE students had observed that at least 50 per cent of students who are training – that’s training through…

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Doorstop interview, Canberra

E&OE TRANSCRIPT Doorstop interview, Canberra Topics: SA TAFE crisis 06/12/2017 Simon Birmingham: Over the last five years, the Federal Government has provided $771 million to the South Australian Government to support vocational education and training. What we’ve seen in that time is constant policy chaos. The South Australian Government had a policy called Skills For…

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