David Speers: With me now is the Education Minister Simon Birmingham, thank you for joining us this afternoon. Simon Birmingham: Good afternoon David. David Speers: So, what you’ve announced is less than what Gonski recommended, about $3 billion less. Was the Gonski Panel wrong about that or is it simply that you just can’t afford to do what…
DetailsTom Elliot: Anyway, our next guest is the federal Education Minister. Senator Simon Birmingham, good afternoon. Simon Birmingham: Good afternoon, good to be with you. Tom Elliot: Now, I know this is sort of an official budget leak, but apparently you’ve got over a billion dollars to pump into primary and secondary schools – is that correct? Simon…
DetailsMatthew Abraham: On a Wednesday we gather three powerful South Australian MPs together to discuss national affairs, a lot to discuss today; your money. Simon Birmingham Education Minister and Liberal Senator joins us, good morning Simon Birmingham. Simon Birmingham: Good morning guys, great to be with you. Matthew Abraham: Kate Ellis is the Shadow Minister for Education…
DetailsLeon Byner: We had some fabulous news yesterday, it’s news that we had been waiting on for a long time, and we will now have 12 submarines built at the ASC. And again, one of the important issues here is that we would hope that there’ll be local jobs, but inevitably it may well be that…
DetailsNarelle Graham: Let’s go to Simon Birmingham, the Minister for Education and Training also Liberal senator for South Australia. Thank you for being available senator. Simon Birmingham: Good afternoon, great to be with you. Narelle Graham: And, why France? Simon Birmingham: Well Narelle, France was chosen – DCNS of France –the company chosen as our preferred international…
DetailsKieran Gilbert: And the French President Francois Hollande has described the deal as historic, this awarding of the contract to DCNS, a French company, a $50 billion contract to produce 12 new submarines for the Australian Navy. Now Japan meanwhile is demanding answers over why it missed out, it says the decision is deeply regrettable. To…
DetailsPeter Beattie: And tonight we’ve got the Education Minister Simon Birmingham, and he’s in Canberra, and as we all know, this is one of the most important portfolios in government. So Simon, thank you very much for joining us. Could I ask you a really important fundamental question that every mum and dad wants to know?…
DetailsDaryl Manzie: Now as I said earlier, we’ve seen certainly some pretty negative headlines regarding the Federal Government’s funding of – you know, future funding of education in the Territory. We’ve spoken to the Education Minister here, who’s not only assured us that funding levels from the Federal Government have not dropped, but they’ve increased…
DetailsSteve Price: Yes indeed, Wednesday night. Danny joins me in the studio as he always does. Danny Bielik good evening to you. Danny Bielik: How are you Steve? Steve Price: Good thank you, we’re going to talk in a minute to the Education Minister Simon Birmingham, he’s going to be in for a very interesting 73 days…
DetailsAli Clarke: Now though, there was a report out yesterday that nine out of ten government schools are siphoning money from maintenance and library budgets to help students with disabilities. To find out more, I am joined by Correna Haythorpe, who is the Federal President of the Australian Education Union. Good morning Correna. Correna Haythorpe: Good morning…
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