Unidentified Speaker: Thank you Minister Andrews for that exposition of the importance athletics for the future of Australia. It gives me now great pleasure to introduce the Minister for Education and Training, Senator Simon Birmingham. I think I speak for everyone in this room, and I express my excitement in acknowledging the new focus on science,…
DetailsE&OE TRANSCRIPT Address to the Independent Schools Council of Australia (ISCA) & Assoc of Heads of Independent Schools of Australia (AHISA) National Education Forum – Schools education policy, state and territory schools funding and the role of the independent school sector 15/03/2016 Simon Birmingham: Thank you, thank you so very much for that welcome. Ladies…
DetailsSimon Birmingham: …You of course in the Catholic sector are a key part of that unique education system, and we’re an important catalyst in helping to develop the system. Overall, our system has performed relatively well, well above the OECD average for a long time. We’ve made great strides in developing a more cohesive education…
DetailsSimon Birmingham: It’s wonderful to be here at the John Hartley School and it’s wonderful to have had the chance to have a look at some of the facilities that you have here, to quickly meet some of the students beforehand, and to be able to see what an exceptional learning environment has been created…
DetailsSimon Birmingham: Thanks very much for that introduction, and thank you all for coming along today. It's a real delight to be with you. And can I commence by also acknowledging Australia's traditional owners and in particular the Ngunnawal people, the traditional owners of the Canberra region and as Education Minister acknowledge that we continue…
DetailsSimon Birmingham: Thank you so very much Jenny. I thought I’d start with a little of Dorothea Mackellar’s most famous words. I love a sunburnt country and a land of sweeping plains, of rugged mountain ranges, of droughts, of flooding rains. I love her far horizons, I love her jewel-sea, her beauty and her terror,…
DetailsSimon Birmingham: Thank you very much Michelle for that welcome, it's a real pleasure to be here with Neil and George today, both good friends, both good colleagues in Canberra, and as we just heard from Michelle, both constant advocates for Central Queensland, constant campaigners for this part of the world, and both constantly in…
DetailsThank you. Thank you very much Marnie for that welcome. I hope not to be a frustrated supporter of the Adelaide Crows this year, but a well motivated one who enjoys many wins. If Ben is here playing the role of Barack Obama and Chris is here as Hillary Clinton, I come to the stage…
DetailsIt is a pleasure to join you today. I thank you for this opportunity to open the 2016 Southern Hemisphere Space Studies program. I acknowledge the Kaurna people of the Adelaide Plains, the traditional owners of the land on which we are meeting today. A special welcome to the leaders in your world of space…
DetailsSimon Birmingham: Thank you, thank you very much Aidan, and no you’re not the one to be Santa Claus, or Father Christmas, I think- I think it’s my predecessor Christopher Pyne who’s quite enjoyed being the Father Christmas of innovation over the last couple of weeks with giveaways aplenty. But to you and the team…
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