Question: Could you explain the decision here- why the decision’s been made to revoke the funding? Simon Birmingham: Well, today we’ve made the decision to revoke funding to the Islamic School of Canberra where this is a school that is part of six that are affiliated with the Australian Federation of Islamic Organisations and what…
DetailsKieran Gilbert: Our top story this morning and the Prime Minister’s taken a hit in the latest Newspoll published in The Australian this morning. The poll has the Coalition and Labor deadlocked on the two-party vote. With me for more on this I have the Education Minister Simon Birmingham. Is this a worry? Simon Birmingham: Good morning…
DetailsMeecham Philpott: Well normally, normally we probably wouldn’t do too much about a building opening in Mackay region, but yesterday it was really quite something different, and it was out at the CQU campus, the opening of the Rennie Fritschy Engineering Building. And it was a big day actually, because the Federal Minister for Education,…
DetailsMatthew Abraham: Joining us in the studio, the Labor MP for the Federal Seat of Adelaide, the Shadow Minister for Education Kate Ellis, welcome. Kate Ellis: Good morning. Matthew Abraham: Bob Day, Family First Senator for South Australia, welcome Senator. Bob Day: Yeah, good morning. Matthew Abraham: And on the dog and bone, Simon Birmingham, Liberal Senator, Minister for…
DetailsPETER VAN ONSELEN: As mentioned off the top of the program, our main guest today is the Education Minister, Senator Simon Birmingham. He joins us live from Adelaide. Thanks for your company. SIMON BIRMINGHAM: Good morning, Peter, Paul. Good to be with you both. PETER VAN ONSELEN: You were one of the big winners, I…
DetailsGraham Richardson: A little while I spoke to Simon Birmingham, the Minister for Education. He’s an impressive one of the younger brigade in the Liberal Party. He’s been doing a pretty good job, and I put to him I think all of the questions that matter in today’s debate about education. Here it is. [Excerpt] Graham…
DetailsWill Goodings: We started the program this morning by having a look at a story that came out of The Australian, and it regards an education program in Australian schools with regard to the Lesbian, Gay, Bi, Transgender community, and how that education should take place, has some excerpts of the sorts of modules and classes…
DetailsFran Kelly: Australia’s largest Muslim school may be forced to close after the Federal Government revoked $19 million in annual funding. Located in south-western Sydney, Malek Fahd is one of six Islamic schools under review due to financial mismanagement and governance failures. The Education Minister Simon Birmingham is in our Parliament House studios. Minister good…
DetailsSimon Birmingham: …issued a notice of intention to the Malek Fahd School in New South Wales that its funding would be suspended and terminated from the end of term one of this year. This decision was undertaken by the Department following extensive investigations into where or not the authorised authority for that school was compliant…
DetailsKieran Gilbert: And with me now Cabinet Minister for Education, Senator Birmingham. Senator Birmingham it looks like there are some like Sinodinos in the Government who still very much supportive of an increase in the GST. The Prime Minister though pretty much shelving the idea according to most people’s analysis of his comments yesterday? Simon…
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