Well thank you so much Michaela. To my ministerial parliamentary colleagues, to the wonderful gathering we have here today of leaders of industry and business, leaders in education, leaders in government. t is a very esteemed gathering, and it is great to see so many familiar faces, but expert faces, in the room, who are…
DetailsSubject: (International Education and Training) E&OE… IAN HENSCHKE: Simon Birmingham is our guest on the program now, Assistant Minister for Education and Training, Liberal Senator for South Australia, good morning. SIMON BIRMINGHAM: Good morning and good morning to your listeners. IAN HENSCHKE: Now, yesterday on the program we talked about the attraction of international students…
DetailsSubject: (The impacts of the SA Labor Government’s WorkReady training scheme on students, employers and jobs) E&OE… LEON BYNER: I’m with the Assistant Minister for Education and Training, Simon Birmingham. Now Simon, you’ve been letter writing to and fro with Minister Gago, where is it now and what’s the situation with the $65 million? SIMON…
DetailsSubject: (Proposed Changes to Citizenship Laws) E&OE… KIERAN GILBERT: With me now this morning, or panel, the Assistant Education Minister, Simon Birmingham joins me from Adelaide and from Brisbane, Labor MP, Terri Butler. Good morning to you both. Simon, first to you on this piece written in the Fairfax papers this morning by Amanda Vanstone,…
DetailsSubject: (SA Training) E&OE… LEON BYNER: I’ve got Senator Simon Birmingham here. Simon, you’re going to meet with a lot of people in about an hour’s time who are in the training business, what do you make of this? We’ve spent $15 million [unclear] now even if they wanted to come back, there is a…
DetailsMATTHEW PANTELIS: Now, the issue of jobs and TAFE reforms in SA. I see the minister – the federal minister responsible, Senator Simon Birmingham, who's from South Australia, has written to his state counterpart, Gail Gago, to explain exactly how many jobs will go, how the system that Labor here wants to put in place…
DetailsSubject: (SA Government Training System) E&OE… LEON BYNER: Simon, how far down the track are we from this? Is there a breached agreement or not? Are you certain that, because you told us when you were in the studio last week that you were going to withhold money until you could get a handle on…
DetailsSubject: (The impacts of the SA Labor Government’s WorkReady training scheme on students, employers and jobs) E&OE… MATTHEW ABRAHAM: Senator Simon Birmingham is a South Australian Senator, he is Assistant Minister for Education and Training and actually controls quite a lot of money that is spent on vocational and other training skills in South Australia…
DetailsSubject: (Marriage Equality; Removing Citizenship from Dual Nationals Associated with Terrorist Organisations; Adam Goodes ) E&OE… CHRIS KENNY: Let’s cross down to Canberra and catch up with the Assistant Education Minister, Simon Birmingham; thanks for joining us, Simon. SIMON BIRMINGHAM: Good evening, Chris; great to be with you. CHRIS KENNY: First up, I want to…
DetailsSubject: (The impacts of the SA Labor Government’s WorkReady training scheme on students, employers and jobs) E&OE… SIMON BIRMINGHAM: I’m really worried that this programme is creating a boom-bust cycle for training in South Australia and removing choice for South Australian students and South Australian employers. Choice that gives them the chance to access the…
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