MATTHEW ABRAHAM: After all those changes that were made to the voting system for the Senate are we still going to end up with a crazy Senate that is a mixture of Dad’s Army and something else with a whole lot of minor parties making it very difficult for any government, Labor or Liberal, to get…
DetailsEWEN 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…
DetailsPATRICIA 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…
DetailsSubjects: 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…
DetailsKAREN 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…
DetailsTIM BENNETT: Education unions have used the federal election spotlight to form an alliance to campaign for adequate funding for state schools, they’d like it to be higher on the priority list and the Learn to Grow campaign was launched this week with the heads of Anglicare SA, Uniting Communities, the SA Primary Principals Association and…
DetailsSIMON BIRMINGHAM: Labor had a monumental failure in both child care policy and Budget policy from Bill Shorten and the Labor Party. They’ve spent $3 billion without having the faintest clue where that money is coming from. Mr Shorten was asked no fewer than seven times at his press conference releasing this policy about how he…
DetailsKIERAN GILBERT: Minister, thanks for your time. The details – well obviously you’re going to question how they’re going to fund it, but the policies from Labor on child care, as you’d know, you’re the Minister for this area, they’re going to be popular, aren’t they? SIMON BIRMINGHAM: Well good morning Kieran. I don’t think that when…
DetailsMICHAEL BRISSENDEN: Simon Birmingham, good morning. SIMON BIRMINGHAM: Good morning Michael, great to be with you. BRISSENDEN: So both Labor and your plan amount to about $3 billion, you tackle it differently, but if that is the case, isn’t it right to target lower and middle income earners which is what this Labor plan will do? BIRMINGHAM: Well, Michael,…
DetailsEMMA GRIFFITHS: Now innovation is a byword for the Coalition and for most political parties these days. What are the chances of being an innovative nation if we don’t have a thriving education sector? The federal Education Minister is Simon Birmingham. Minister, there’s still a 20 per cent cut on the table for the university sector,…
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