Subjects: Early Development Census, election timing, marriage equality plebiscite, ABCC legislation and Nikki Savva’s new book Michael Brissenden: New figures out today show one in every five Australian children are developmentally at risk by the time they reach school. The Australian Early Development Census is released each three years to measure the development of children in…
DetailsJasmin Midgley: Today the Government has released figures showing how our school-aged kids are faring. The figures are taken from the Australian Early Development Census. It hasn’t been going for too long. This is the third time the survey’s been conducted, and it goes every three years. Senator Simon Birmingham’s the Minister for Education and…
DetailsRichard Glover: Simon Birmingham is the Education and Training Minister. Good afternoon. Simon Birmingham: Good afternoon Richard and good afternoon to your listeners. Richard Glover: Vulnerable in what way? What do we mean by that? Simon Birmingham: Well Richard, this is data out of the third national census we’ve undertaken of children in their first…
DetailsTom Elliott: All right, our next guest, as I mentioned earlier, is the Federal Minister for Education and Training, the Honourable Simon Birmingham, Senator for South Australia. Senator, good afternoon. Simon Birmingham: Good afternoon Tom, good afternoon to your listeners. Tom Elliott: Now I have a media release in front of me with your name…
DetailsLeon Byner: You know one of the sad stories is that there are people out there who are parents who, when they send their young children to school, the kids don’t have breakfast; or maybe they’re not even clothed properly; or they might not even had a wash which is extraordinary. You kind of wonder…
DetailsSimon Birmingham: Thanks very much for coming in today. This is a really important day where we release the third of our census of the nation’s school children in their foundation year, their very first year at school, and it provides us with a comprehensive snapshot of the capability of those children in their first…
DetailsSimon Birmingham: The Government’s now making clear the determination in relation to the four remaining schools affiliated with the Australian Federation of Islamic Colleges. As people are aware, last year six schools were served with notice in relation to the continuance of Commonwealth funding to support those schools because of concerns about the independence of…
DetailsSheridan Stewart: I have Senator Simon Birmingham on the line, Minister for Education and Training. Good morning Simon. Simon Birmingham: Good morning Sheridan, and good morning to your listeners. Sheridan Stewart: What’s your response to the concerns of the remote children’s services as expressed there by operator Vicki Olds? Simon Birmingham: I understand that this is a…
DetailsKieran Gilbert: We’re going to turn to politics now, and tax change is once again at the centre of the political debate as Parliament resumes again today. With me now Education Minister Simon Birmingham to discuss this and the other matters of the day. Senator Birmingham, thanks for your time. Apparently the Prime Minister consulting…
DetailsQuestion: 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…
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