E&OE TRANSCRIPT Speech to the Australia India Leadership Dialogue 05/12/2016 07:30 PM Simon Birmingham: … colleagues, the Assistant Minister to the Prime Minister Senator James McGrath, the Shadow Treasurer Chris Bowen, who I am [indistinct] to hearing from a little later this evening, the Member for Canberra Gai Brodtmann, former parliamentary colleague and esteemed former…
DetailsE&OE TRANSCRIPT Address to the 2016 National History Challenge 29/11/2016 11:35AM Simon Birmingham: Thank you very much, Liz. Ladies and gentlemen, thank you so much for the opportunity to be here today and I recognise you as the chair of the National History Challenge, Paul Foley, the president, the Honourable Margaret Reid, former esteemed senator…
DetailsE&OE TRANSCRIPT Speech to the National Centre for Student Equity in Higher Education forum 28/11/2016 11:00AM Simon Birmingham: Thanks [indistinct]. Thank you very much. I want to thank you all for the chance to be with you here at the National Press Club today. It’s nice to be at the National Press Club in friendlier…
DetailsThanks very much Michael for that welcome and to you and the team at the Australian Financial Review. Thank you for the discipline and interest you apply and bring to higher education policy and particularly the way we do so through of course the conduct of this summit, and the engagement in opportunities for informed…
DetailsE&OE TRANSCRIPT Speech at CTLab opening, Canberra 7/11/2016 Simon Birmingham: Thank you very much Brian, the Vice Chancellor. It’s wonderful to be back here at the Australian National University. It’s always a delight to visit Australia’s National University and the one university that, as Federal Minister for Education and Training, I don’t just have the…
DetailsE&OE TRANSCRIPT Speech at opening of new facilities at Galilee Catholic School 4/11/2016 Simon Birmingham: Teachers, staff, parents, friends, members of the community, boys and girls, thank you so much for the opportunity to be with you all today to share in the opening of your new building. But importantly, as Archbishop Wilson has rightly…
DetailsE&OE TRANSCRIPT Simon Birmingham: Thank you, thank you very much Ms Bradford and to you, to Katrine Hildyard, the local State MP for this area, Mayor Rosenberg, leaders of Lutheran education, ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls. It’s a real pleasure to be here with you all today to celebrate this opening of your new…
DetailsE&OE TRANSCRIPT Well, thank you. Thank you very much Lucy, good morning everyone, to Tim and Rebecca and thank you for the opportunity to come and speak first up at the AIC SA Conference this morning. I gather you had a successful afternoon yesterday, I wish you every success during the course of today’s discussions.…
DetailsE&OE TRANSCRIPT Simon Birmingham: Thank you for that very warm welcome. Yes indeed, whilst you were all at the big night of the conference last night, with the big band, I was in the big setting of Senate Estimates, so I suspect there’s every chance that most of you had an even later night than…
DetailsE&OE TRANSCRIPT Speech at launch University of Wollongong’s plans for Molecular Horizons: a Centre for Molecular and Life Sciences 19/10/2016 [Inaudible] And for all that you do for the University of Wollongong but for the promotion of Australia’s $19 billion dollar international education sector more generally. And I really do look forward absolutely to working…
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