E&OE TRANSCRIPT Interview on 891 ABC Adelaide Breakfast with Matthew Abraham and David Bevan Topics: BP’s activity in the Great Australian Bight; Same-sex marriage plebiscite; SA’s energy security 12/10/2016 8:35 AM Matthew Abraham: We welcome to Super Wednesday Mark Butler, Labor MP for Port Adelaide, Federal President of the ALP, he’s the Shadow Minister for…
DetailsE&OE TRANSCRIPT Interview on SKY News with Kieran Gilbert Topics: Registered Organisations Commission; Australian citizenship rights; Child care and workforce participation; ACOSS report on poverty 17/10/2016 08:32AM Kieran Gilbert: First though I spoke to Cabinet Minister Simon Birmingham on this and other matters but begin by talking about the Government’s focus on unions this…
DetailsE&OE TRANSCRIPT Doorstop interview, Canberra Topics: Ai Group Graduate Employment Service; Same-sex marriage plebiscite 11/10/2016 11:58AM Question: How far do you think this program will go to solving that problem about graduates being ready for workplaces, and – or is it just a matter of every little bit counts? Simon Birmingham: Well, every bit counts,…
DetailsE&OE TRANSCRIPT Interview on ABC Radio National Breakfast with Fran Kelly Topics: VET Student Loans eligible courses; Vocational education regulation; Child care compliance; Same sex marriage plebiscite 10/10/2016 08:06 AEST Fran Kelly: Well the Turnbull Government is pushing ahead with reforms to higher education, and today the Minister will reveal the 478…
DetailsE&OE TRANSCRIPT Interview on SKY News with Kieran Gilbert Topics: Same sex marriage plebiscite; Energy security; Protecting volunteer firefighters; VET Student Loans eligibility; Higher education reform 10/10/2016 08:37 AM Kieran Gilbert: Let’s go now to some local politics. I spoke to the Education Minister Simon Birmingham earlier this morning on a range of issues including…
DetailsE&OE TRANSCRIPT Interview on SKY News with David Speers Topics: VET Student Loans eligible courses; Future schools funding arrangements; Same-sex marriage plebiscite 10/10/2016 4:27 PM David Speers: Now, if you had been planning next year to take on a vocational education course…
DetailsE&OE TRANSCRIPT Interview on Triple J Hack with Tom Tilley Topics: Issues with Labor’s failed VET FEE-HELP; New VET Student Loans program; Higher education reform; Australians being detained in Malaysia Tom Tilley: Let’s find out more about how the new scheme will work and whether it will really stop the rorting in this sector. As…
DetailsE&OE TRANSCRIPT Interview on 2GB Money News with Ross Greenwood Topics: Issues with Labor’s failed VET FEE-HELP; New VET Student Loans program; Child care rorting Ross Greenwood: One of the most important things that this Government has done is crack down on the so-called vocational education system. Now, what this is all about is work-based…
DetailsE&OE TRANSCRIPT Interview on SKY News To The Point with Kristina Keneally and Tom Connell Topics: Holding Australia’s major banks to account; Issues with Labor’s failed VET FEE-HELP; New VET Student Loans program; Future schools funding arrangements 05/10/2016 1:07 PM Kristina Keneally: Let’s bring in the Minister for Education, Simon Birmingham, he’s joining us from…
DetailsE&OE TRANSCRIPT Interview on ABC AM with Michael Brissenden Topics: Issues with Labor’s failed VET FEE-HELP; New VET Student Loans program Michael Brissenden: The Federal Government is finally moving to rein in the VET FEE-HELP student loan scheme that’s been widely rorted and cost the Budget billions of dollars. The scheme was introduced by the…
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