E&OE TRANSCRIPT Speech at the SEAMEO-Australia Education Links Award ceremony 18/10/2017 10:00AM Simon Birmingham: Well thanks so much, Karen, for your welcome and introductory remarks. Your Excellencies and representatives of various diplomatic missions from the various SEAMEO nations; Karen, of course, the Minister in charge of – particularly our vocation, education and skills activities, but…
DetailsE&OE TRANSCRIPT Address to the Australia India Business Council, Canberra 17/10/2017 12:45pm Simon Birmingham: Sanjay, thank you so very much for that introduction. For those of you receiving your meals, please do eat and continue to eat during my remarks. I apologise that I am sort of rushing the agenda or program for lunch today…
DetailsE&OE TRANSCRIPT Address to the STEM Partnership Forum, Canberra 17/10/2017 12:05PM Simon Birmingham: And Alan, as you acknowledged, this forum was established out of COAG Education Council recommendations and decisions, and that’s a wonderful sign, that it has the ear of state and territory ministers, as well as the Commonwealth, in terms of the deliverability…
DetailsE&OE TRANSCRIPT Address to the Australian International Education Conference, Hobart 12/10/2017 08:30AM Simon Birmingham: Thanks so very much, Phil. I have a little bell here to keep my own time giving this speech. Ladies and gentlemen, it’s a delight to be with you all this morning to welcome those of you from overseas here, and…
DetailsE&OE TRANSCRIPT Speech to the Association of School Business Administrators Annual Conference 25/09/2017 3:00PM Simon Birmingham: Thank you for that welcome. Ladies and gentlemen, and [Indistinct] go the mighty Crows on Saturday. I started today giving an address at the opening of the International Astronautical Congress that’s happening in Adelaide as we speak. I’m delighted…
DetailsE&OE TRANSCRIPT Opening remarks to the 68th International Astronautical Congress Adelaide Convention Centre 25/09/2017 9:15AM Simon Birmingham: It is my absolute pleasure to be here for the opening of the 68th International Astronautical Congress, and I do so bringing best wishes from the Prime Minister of Australia, Malcolm Turnbull, who extends each and every one…
DetailsE&OE TRANSCRIPT Address to the English Australia Annual ELICOS Conference, Adelaide 22/09/2017 8:50AM Simon Birmingham: Thank you very much Mark for that welcome. Ladies and gentlemen, thank you. It’s wonderful to be here at your conference, for the opening of your conference. Particularly wonderful though to hear that you were all here last night in…
DetailsE&OE TRANSCRIPT Opening of new facilities at the Suneden Specialist School, Adelaide 21/09/2017 2.00PM Simon Birmingham: Thank you Jordan and Joseph for the welcome. It is a thrill to be able to be here with you today for the opening – official opening – of these new facilities that those of you here at the…
DetailsE&OE TRANSCRIPT Launch of the Innovative Research Universities, National Innovation Case Study Collection Flinders University, Adelaide 21/09/2017 10:00am Simon Birmingham: Thanks very much Conor, Claire, and most importantly Jessica, and indeed interstate visitors, ladies and gentlemen. I’m thrilled to be back here at this impressive Tonsley campus of the Flinders University to see once again…
DetailsE&OE TRANSCRIPT Address to the Public Forum Day of the International Science of Learning Conference 20/09/2017 12.00pm Thanks so very much, Peter, for your warm welcome. It’s always wonderful to see you, Peter. Of course, back in our wine industry days people might think that we used to see each other frequently over a bottle…
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