Interview – Sky News – Patricia Karvelas

Patricia Karvelas: My first guest tonight has been in the spotlight all week managing a backlash against a review of the anti-homophobia Safe Schools program. The Government finally responded to that review on Friday and the response has satisfied many of the dissenting MPs. Education Minister Simon Birmingham, welcome. Simon Birmingham: G’day Patricia, great to be with…

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Interview: ABC AM – Kim Landers

Subject: Schools funding arrangements Kim Landers: With education funding the new battleground in the tussle between the Federal Government and the states and territories, I’m joined from Adelaide by the Federal Education Minister, Senator Simon Birmingham. Minister, good morning. Simon Birmingham: Good morning Kim, great to be with you. Kim Landers: Can you give me an example of why…

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Press Conference on Safe Schools resources

Simon Birmingham: Students have every right to feel safe in our schools in their most important learning environments. They have every right to be safe from bullying, from homophobia, they have every right to feel included in every activity in that school environment. They also have every right to be safe from inappropriate material, material that…

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Interview – FiveAA – Leon Byner

Leon Byner: You know one of the sad stories is that there are people out there who are parents who,  when they send their young children to school,  the kids don’t have breakfast; or maybe they’re not even clothed properly; or they might not  even had a wash which is extraordinary. You kind of wonder…

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Interview – AM with Michael Brissenden

Subjects: Early Development Census, election timing, marriage equality plebiscite, ABCC legislation and Nikki Savva’s new book Michael Brissenden: New figures out today show one in every five Australian children are developmentally at risk by the time they reach school. The Australian Early Development Census is released each three years to measure the development of children in…

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