SIMON BIRMINGHAM: Thank you so very much Vice-Chancellor Caroline McMillen, to Chancellor Paul Jeans, to my many Parliamentary colleagues who are here including the Shadow Minister Senator Kim Carr, the many alumni of the University of Newcastle amongst those Parliamentary ranks. Ladies and gentlemen, it is wonderful to see a gathering here for a birthday…
DetailsE&OE… SIMON BIRMINGHAM: It is a pleasure to be with you tonight. I particularly wish to acknowledge: • Ken Boal, Business / Higher Education Round Table President and Vice President Cisco Systems and • the recipients of tonight’s awards. I regret that I will not be able to stay on for the awards presentations…
DetailsE&OE… Simon Birmingham: Thank you- thank you very much Professor Jane den Hollander, vice-Chancellor of Deakin University and to David Morgan, the Chancellor for leadership at Deakin University. Ladies and gentlemen it’s wonderful to be with you all, can I acknowledge also [indistinct] to thank you for your welcome to country on behalf of the…
DetailsE&OE… SIMON BIRMINGHAM: Thank you very much Professor Ian Young for that welcome. Vice-Chancellor it is a delight to be here at the Australian National University for this very important occasion, the opening of the centre for China. The opportunity for this university to be able to cement its position as not just one of…
DetailsThe wonderfully witty and wily Mark Twain once remarked that education is “the path from cocky ignorance to miserable uncertainty.” Based on Mr Twain’s observation, with such an esteemed, learned and well educated audience gathered here in this one location you may very well represent the collective pinnacle of miserable uncertainty! Nonetheless, it is a…
DetailsSIMON BIRMINGHAM: Thank you very much, Dermott, for that welcome. Ladies and gentlemen, good morning it is a delight to be with you with you all here today and to be with you here on my fifth day as the Federal Minister for Education and Training and my first outing here in my home state,…
DetailsSIMON BIRMINGHAM: Ladies and gentlemen it's great to be here with you all and wow what a warm up act. As a humble politician, that's one hell of an act to have to follow. So forgive me at the outset. Although there are those who might suggest that there were some shark sightings in Canberra…
DetailsE&OE… SIMON BIRMINGHAM: It is a pleasure to join you on the final day of your national conference for my first of what I hope will be many addresses to this august gathering. As you all appreciate, vocational education is central to Australia's economic growth, to our business productivity and to employment outcomes. A strong…
DetailsSIMON BIRMINGHAM: It is a delight to be with you all at the INAP conference today. Can I start by saying that it is always a pleasure at gatherings such as this, to follow on from the traditional welcome to country provided by Australia’s indigenous peoples and particularly today in the case of the Wathaurong…
DetailsSIMON BIRMINGHAM: It’s wonderful to be here and I acknowledge Vincent and the other board members of Business SA and those interstate visitors who helped form the Australian Apprenticeship Support Network that the chambers have put together. When I was appointed as the Assistant Minister for Education and Training in December last year it was…
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