Subject: Higher Education Reforms E&OE… DAVID PENBERTHY: Well two weeks ago South Australian Liberal Senator, Simon Birmingham, was sworn in as the Federal Minister for Education after Malcolm Turnbull became Prime Minister and in one of the biggest policy shifts by the new government it was confirmed yesterday that the plan for higher education reform…
DetailsSubject: Higher Education Reforms; Vocational Education and Training E&OE… IAN HENSCHKE: Simon Birmingham is the Education and Training Minister and he’s just announced that he will not reintroduce the government’s higher education bill in to Parliament for another vote this year. Politics is about the art of the achievable is it, Simon Birmingham? SIMON BIRMINGHAM:…
DetailsSubject: South Australians in Cabinet; Higher Education Policy E&OE… MATTHEW ABRAHAM: Well B1 and B2 with us here in the studio. Simon Birmingham, he is a Liberal Senator, he his Minister for Education, welcome. SIMON BIRMINGHAM: Good morning, Matthew. MATTHEW ABRAHAM: You’ve thrown off those Assistant Minister shackles. SIMON BIRMINGHAM: All gone! MATTHEW ABRAHAM: All…
DetailsSubject: Higher Education Reforms; Secondary Education E&OE… MICHAEL ROWLAND: Now, away from the international stage and back to domestic politics now. Malcolm Turnbull's new Cabinet is settling into the job, and one of those given a promotion is South Australian Liberal Senator Simon Birmingham. VIRGINIA TRIOLI: He's taken over the Education Ministry, formerly held by…
DetailsSubject: Stretton Centre; Submarines; Urban Rail Projects E&OE… JAY WEATHERILL: [inaudible] and no better place and no better name to have such an ambition than the name of Hugh Stretton, a fantastic public intellectual who has really [inaudible] to understand the world of work, it’s connection to with how cities operate, and in this growing…
DetailsSubject: Higher Education Reforms; Submarines; School Funding; Teacher Quality E&OE… GRAHAM RICHARDSON: Simon Birmingham, welcome to the program. SIMON BIRMINGHAM: Great to be with you, Richo. GRAHAM RICHARDSON: Now, you’ve had one hell of a promotion, I mean, I don’t think ten days ago you would have been sitting there dreaming that you’d be the…
DetailsSubject: Education Policy; South Australians in Cabinet; Leadership Change E&OE… LAURA JAYES: I’m joined by the Minister for Education and Training, Senator Simon Birmingham; Senator, thank you so much for your time. Can I first ask you, what will change under you as Education Minister? SIMON BIRMINGHAM: Well Good afternoon, Laura, it’s great to be…
DetailsSubject: Higher Education Policy E&OE… TOM TILLEY: The new Education Minister joins me in the studio, Senator Simon Birmingham congrats on the promo. SIMON BIRMINGHAM: G’day Tom, thanks very much. TOM TILLEY: Cool. Great to have you on the show for the first time, now have you been brought in to fix the work of…
DetailsSubject: Higher Education Reforms; Labor’s Higher Education Policy; National Curriculum Review E&OE… PATRICIA KARVELAS: Minister, good evening and congratulations. SIMON BIRMINGHAM: Good evening Patricia and to your listeners, thank you very much. PATRICIA KARVELAS: How was cabinet? SIMON BIRMINGHAM: Look, cabinet was a good and positive meeting. Obviously very exciting to be there for the…
DetailsSubject: Education Policy Direction E&OE… STEVE CHASE: Senator Birmingham, we are hearing that the government is keen to reset some key policy directions, especially in taxation and in your portfolio, Education; what does that mean for your portfolio? SIMON BIRMINGHAM: Well good morning, Steve and listeners. Look, for the Education portfolio I will be an…
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