Press Conference, Canberra

E&OE TRANSCRIPT Press Conference, Canberra Topics: Opening of CTLab 7/11/2016 Simon Birmingham: … the ANU playing a leading role, collaborating with other research institutions, working with industry, and developing, ultimately, solutions to problems that don’t just confront Australia, but are global problems when it comes to management of carbon emissions. So what we see here…

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Interview on ABC 891 Adelaide Breakfast

E&OE TRANSCRIPT Super Wednesday panel discussion on 891 ABC Adelaide with Matthew Abraham and David Bevan Matthew Abraham: It’s Super Wednesday, when we get politicians who are local to their bootstraps but also walk the federal stage with influence and we have three this morning. In our studio, Kate Ellis, a Labor MP for Adelaide;…

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Doorstop interview, Wodonga

Simon Birmingham: It’s a real pleasure to be here today in Wodonga with Cathy McGowan, discussing everything across the Education and Training portfolio from the earliest years of child care and early learning, through schooling, through TAFEs, through universities, through community colleges, getting that full appreciation of the importance of education and training to, in…

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Interview on 891 ABC Adelaide Breakfast with Matthew Abraham and David Bevan

E&OE TRANSCRIPT Interview on 891 ABC Adelaide Breakfast with Matthew Abraham and David Bevan Topics: National Firearms Agreement; Changes to pension eligibility  19/10/2016 08:39 AM Matthew Abraham: It’s Super Wednesday time, let’s crank it up with Liberal Senator for South Australia, Minister for Education Senator Simon Birmingham. Welcome Senator. Simon Birmingham: Good morning, great to…

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Doorstop interview, Canberra

E&OE TRANSCRIPT Doorstop interview, Canberra Topics: University of Wollongong’s Molecular Horizons project; Future schools funding arrangements; Restoring the rule of law to the building and construction industry; National Firearms Agreement 19/10/2016 12:45PM SIMON BIRMINGHAM: …the world over the years, it will change lives, it will save lives and it will happen in Wollongong, in Australia,…

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Interview on SKY News with Kieran Gilbert

E&OE TRANSCRIPT Interview on SKY News with Kieran Gilbert Topics: Registered Organisations Commission; Australian citizenship rights; Child care and workforce participation; ACOSS report on poverty   17/10/2016 08:32AM Kieran Gilbert: First though I spoke to Cabinet Minister Simon Birmingham on this and other matters but begin by talking about the Government’s focus on unions this…

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Doorstop interview, Canberra

E&OE TRANSCRIPT Doorstop interview, Canberra Topics: Ai Group Graduate Employment Service; Same-sex marriage plebiscite 11/10/2016 11:58AM Question: How far do you think this program will go to solving that problem about graduates being ready for workplaces, and – or is it just a matter of every little bit counts? Simon Birmingham: Well, every bit counts,…

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