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MEDIA RELEASE - VALUING OUR EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATORS - TUESDAY, 27 MARCH 2018
Today is Keep Your Children at Home Day. Keep Your Children at Home Day is being led by United Voice and early educators around the country who are fighting for their fair wage. Labor recognises that...
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AMANDA RISHWORTH - TRANSCRIPT - DOORSTOP INTERVIEW - CANBERRA - WEDNESDAY, 28...
SUBJECTS: Veterans’ Employment Policy, Government fail to pass company tax cuts legislation SHADOW MINISTER FOR EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION AND DEVELOPMENT, AMANDA RISHWORTH: Today is the Government’s...
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BUTLER, RISHWORTH & SNOWDON - MEDIA RELEASE - TURNBULL MUST DIRECT THE...
The politicisation of Sir John Monash’s name by the Coalition’s pro-coal ginger group is now a test of Malcolm Turnbull’s authority as leader. Last night Kevin Andrews dug his heels in and steadfastly...
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TURNBULL’S CHILD CARE PACKAGE - WINTER IS COMING - MONDAY, 9 APRIL 2018
The Turnbull Government has updated its website for the new child care package and is, as usual, only telling one side of the story – failing to acknowledge that one in four families will be worse off...
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GOVERNMENT’S NEW CHILD CARE WEBSITE ESTIMATOR CRASHES ONE DAY AFTER PRIME...
Bound to happen under this inept Turnbull Government. Read more.
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MEDIA RELEASE - ORGANISATIONS CALL ON GOVERNMENT TO COMMIT TO LONG TERM...
This week an alliance of 36 organisations in the early childhood sector called on all Australian governments to commit to long term funding for preschool. This is a wakeup call to the Turnbull...
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TURNBULL TAX TO HURT FAMILIES - SUNDAY, 15 APRIL 2018
Reports in today’s paper have highlighted the impact of the Turnbull Government’s hidden 10 per cent child care tax. The Turnbull Government’s hidden 10 per cent tax on families was finally exposed at...
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BIRMO BACKFLIP WORTHY OF A GOLD MEDAL - TUESDAY, 17 APRIL 2018
In an act of gymnastics worthy of Commonwealth Games gold, today Simon Birmingham reduced his child care tax from 10 per cent to 5 per cent – just a week after launching the Government’s child care...
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RISHWORTH & CROSBY - MEDIA RELEASE - ONE IN THREE FAMILIES WORSE OFF IN REID...
There are 2,430 families in the Reid electorate who will be worse off from July 2 under the Turnbull Government’s unfair child care package. This shocking number will see almost 1 in 3 families in Reid...
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SHORTEN & RISHWORTH - MEDIA RELEASE - LABOR WILL CONNECT YOUNG PEOPLE WITH...
A Shorten Labor Government will give young Australians a once-in-a-lifetime chance to connect with our nation’s war history, establishing a placement program at the Sir John Monash Centre in...
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TRANSCRIPT - TELEVISION INTERVIEW - CREDLIN, SKY NEWS - MONDAY, 23 APRIL 2018
SUBJECT/S: Labor’s Veterans Employment Policy, Veterans’ transitioning to civilian life, Labor’s Western Front Fellowship Program PETA CREDLIN: Tonight, I am joined by Labor’s Shadow Minister for...
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MARLES, RISHWORTH, BRODTMANN, KELLY, SNOWDON - JOINT MEDIA RELEASE - ANZAC...
Today marks 103 years since our ANZACs first landed on the beaches at Gallipoli in the First World War. This Anzac Day, in the final year of the Centenary of Anzac, we also acknowledge the 100th...
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CHILD CARE COSTS CONTINUE TO RISE UNDER LIBERAL GOVERNMENT - TUESDAY, 24...
Today’s report by the ABS only reaffirms the Turnbull Government is sitting idle when it comes to the cost of child care, with fees rising by 1.6 per cent during the March Quarter and 5.9 per cent over...
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TRANSCRIPT - AM AGENDA SKY NEWS - WEDNESDAY, 25 APRIL 2018
SUBJECT/S: ANZAC Day KIERAN GILBERT: With me now, the Shadow Minister for Veterans’ Affairs, Amanda Rishworth – thanks for your time. Amanda Rishworth, great to see a woman finally give that...
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RISHWORTH & BRISKEY - MEDIA RELEASE - LABOR LAUNCHES CAMPAIGN: FUND OUR...
Today, Federal Labor is launching a national campaign calling on the Turnbull Government to properly fund our preschools in the upcoming Budget and end the uncertainty for families. The Turnbull...
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GONSKI REPORT UNDERSTANDS THE IMPORTANCE OF EARLY EDUCATION, NOW THE...
Simon Birmingham is all talk and no action after conceding the importance of early childhood education this morning but refusing to commit to long term funding to four year old preschool. Today’s...
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RISHWORTH, BIRD & JONES - TRANSCRIPT - DOORSTOP - WOLLONGONG - MONDAY, 30...
SUBJECTS: Illawarra families worse off under the Turnbull Government’s child care changes, the importance of early childhood education, Gonski, educators worry about child care changes SHADOW MINISTER...
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TRANSCRIPT - RADIO INTERVIEW - ABC 891 ADELAIDE - WEDNESDAY, 2 MAY 2018
SUBJECT/S: Gonski, Pill Testing, Murray Darling Basin DAVID BEVAN: Let’s welcome Simon Birmingham, Federal Education Minister, he joins us now on the phone. MINISTER FOR EDUCATION, SIMON BIRMINGHAM:...
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MINISTER WANTS A PAT ON THE BACK FOR AN INCREASE IN CHILD CARE FEES - SUNDAY,...
The latest quarterly report on child care fees confirms what most families already know - child care fees continue to rise. And on cue, Simon Birmingham is again giving himself a round of applause for...
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TRANSCRIPT - TELEVISION INTERVIEW - ABC24 - TUESDAY, 8 MAY 2018
SUBJECT/S: Budget GREG JENNETT: What to fight on and what to actually support depends very much on the state of the books that the Treasurer outlines tonight. To check where Labor will be looking this...
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