Interview – Doorstop – Beijing

Subject: (International Education) E&OE… SIMON BIRMINGHAM: Thank you very much for coming along for a chat this afternoon. I'm happy to say a few words if you'd like to start with, and then we can take any questions from there. This is my first overseas trip as Australia's Assistant Minister for Education and Training, a…

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Interview – Sky News – AM Agenda – Kieran Gilbert

Subject: (The Recognition of Indigenous Australians in the Constitution; Q&A; Recent Polls) E&OE… KIERAN GILBERT: With me this morning, the Assistant Education Minister, Simon Birmingham and Shadow Citizenship Minister, Michelle Rowland. Simon Birmingham, today this conference in Sydney, what do you hope comes out of it? What does the Government comes out of these talks?…

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Interview – RN Drive – Patricia Karvelas

Subject: (Education Green Paper; Citizenship Act Reform) E&OE… PATRICIA KARVELAS: Assistant Minister for Education and Training, Senator Simon Birmingham joins me now; welcome to the program. SIMON BIRMINGHAM: Good afternoon Patricia, good afternoon to your listeners. PATRICIA KARVELAS: Now Minister, this morning you said, and I quote “we don’t want to pre-empt the outcome of…

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Interview – Sky News – AM Agenda – Kieran Gilbert

Subject: (Changes to Citizenship Laws; Bill Shorten’s Royal Commission Appearance; Education Green Paper) E&OE… KIERAN GILBERT: This is AM Agenda, thanks for your company. With me now, Labor frontbencher, Michelle Rowland and the Assistant Education Minister, Simon Birmingham, good morning to you both. Michelle Rowland, as the Shadow Citizenship Minister I’m very interested to see…

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Interview – Sky News – To the Point

Subject: (Free trade agreement with China and the effect on education and training; Marriage equality) E&OE… PETER VAN ONSELEN: Let’s get to the Assistant Education Minister, Simon Birmingham. He joins us live out of Canberra. We won’t ask you about Donald Trump, you’ll be grateful to know, but I do want to ask you as…

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Interview – ABC 891 Adelaide – Ian Henschke

Subject: (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…

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Interview – FiveAA – Leon Byner

Subject: (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…

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