Interview on ABC North and West Breakfast with Tim Bennett

Subjects: Jobs and Investment package for Upper Spencer Gulf; Support for Arrium; Higher Education. EO&E…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………. TIM BENNETT: $20 million has been promised for Whyalla, for the upper Spencer Gulf actually, in Whyalla was the announcement made with Rowan Ramsey, the sitting Member for Grey. The interesting thing of course is $20 million is how much money…

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Interview on Triple J Hack with Tom Tilley

Subjects: Higher education reform; University flagship courses; vocational education reform EO&E…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………. TOM TILLEY:  Simon Birmingham, thanks for joining us on Hack. SIMON BIRMINGHAM:  G’day Tom, great to be with you. TILLEY: Let’s talk about universities first, why would people trust you to run the university sector when your government surprised the electorate with cuts and…

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Interview on LAFM Tasmania Talks with Brian Carlton

Subjects: P-TECH pilot launch in Burnie; Higher education reform EO&E…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………. BRIAN CARLTON:  Mister Birmingham good morning. SIMON BIRMINGHAM:  Good morning, Brian and good morning to your listeners. CARLTON:  How’re you going? How was your flight in to Burnie this morning? BIRMINGHAM:  All good, all good. It’s very nice to be here, a great sunny day,…

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

JOURNALIST: Senator Penny Wong, welcome to studio, Labor Senator Penny Wong. Simon Birmingham, Liberal Senator. You’re both here because you’re number one on your tickets. And Sarah Hanson-Young, Greens Senator, she’s on the phone line. Good morning Sarah Hanson-Young. SARAH HANSON-YOUNG: Good morning, thanks for having me. JOURNALIST: You’ve got point six-seven of a quota…

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Interview – Doorstop – Townsville

EWEN JONES: It is an absolute pleasure to be here today with Simon Birmingham, the Minister for Education. We are about to make a very specific announcement, which I will allow him to elaborate on. What I can say from my perspective is that anything we can do to improve the opportunities for young people to…

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Interview – Doorstop – Townsville

EWEN JONES: It is an absolute pleasure to be here today with Simon Birmingham, the Minister for Education. We are about to make a very specific announcement, which I will allow him to elaborate on. What I can say from my perspective is that anything we can do to improve the opportunities for young people to…

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Interview – Sky News – Patricia Karvelas

PATRICIA KARVELAS: My first guest tonight is the Education Minister Simon Birmingham. Welcome to the program. SIMON BIRMINGHAM: Good evening Patricia, great to be with you. KARVELAS: Bill Shorten says Labor can win, that was his message today, so what’s your view? Will the Coalition win on July the 2nd? BIRMINGHAM: Well I’m confident that in the end the…

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Interview – ABC 891 – Matthew Abraham and David Bevan

Subjects: How to Vote Cards; Health Funding; Superannuation; Tax; Islamic Cleric Farrokh Sekaleshfar. SIMON BIRMINGHAM: Good morning, great to be with you. ABRAHAM: You’re the number one on the ticket, aren’t you? BIRMINGHAM: I am indeed. ABRAHAM: You knocked Cory Bernardi off. BIRMINGHAM: I don’t think it is a case of knocking off, we had a very peaceful arrangement that…

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Interview – Doorstop – Paterson

KAREN HOWARD: I’m thrilled to welcome Minister Birmingham to the beautiful electorate of Paterson today to launch the P-TECH programme. This is the innovation centre of NSW and it is excellent to see four of our local businesses jump on board straight away to work with kids from Hunter River High. SIMON BIRMINGHAM: Thanks so much…

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