Media Releases and Speeches

1999

January

• GOVERNMENT TIGHTENS LITERACY REQUIREMENT FOR UNEMPLOYED
• DAVID KEMP HONOURS HIGH FLYING YOUNG ACHIEVER
• FUNDING BOOST BENEFITS RURAL EMPLOYERS AND APPRENTICES - LOCAL JOBS FOR LOCAL COMMUNITIES
• APPRENTICE NUMBERS CONTINUE TO GROW

February

• PREPARING YOUTH FOR THE 21ST CENTURY: THE POLICY LESSONS FROM THE PAST TWO DECADES
• AUSTRALIA OUT TO BOOST US STUDENT NUMBERS
• COMMONWEALTH BACKING A BOOST FOR NEW APPRENTICES
• KEMP CONDEMNS NSW TEACHERS STRIKE
• AUSTRALIA JOINS INTERNATIONAL EFFORTS IN DEVELOPING STANDARDS FOR ON-LINE LEARNING
• RURAL SCHOOL STUDENTS GET ON THE JOB TRAINING

March

• CONSIDERING THREE SECTOR PARTNERSHIPS
• OPENING OF THE NATIONAL YOUTH ROUNDTABLE
• PUBLIC SERVICE REFORM
• EQUITY IN HIGHER EDUCATION
• GOVERNMENT LAUNCHES GRADUATE RECRUITMENT CAMPAIGN
• KEMP CONDEMNS UNIVERSITY HANDBOOK AS GUIDE TO SHOOTING UP
• KEMP CONGRATULATES TOP TEACHERS
• GOVERNMENT FUNDS AUSTRALIAN STUDENTS TO STUDY IN ASIA AND THE PACIFIC
• NATIONAL LITERACY WEEK
• SIX VICTORIAN SCHOOLS WIN ENTERPRISING COMMUNITIES' AWARDS
• SCHOOL FOR CHILDREN OF TRAVELLING SHOWMEN - ON THE ROAD WITH $1.42 MILLION OF COMMONWEALTH FUNDS
• VOLUNTARY STUDENT UNION LEGISLATION INTRODUCED
• FIRST YOUTH ROUNDTABLE HAILED A SUCCESS
• BREAKTHROUGH IN ACHIEVING LITERACY FOR INDIGENOUS STUDENTS
• AUSTRALIA'S YOUTH GET A DIRECT LINE TO GOVERNMENT

April

• NEVER TOO LATE - FOR ADULT LITERACY
• TURNING YOUNG LIVES AROUND
• COMMONWEALTH, STATE AND TERRITORY MINISTERS COMMITTED TO NATIONAL LITERACY BENCHMARKS
• PROVIDING FOR THE FUTURE IT&T SKILL NEEDS OF AUSTRALIA
• COMMONWEALTH TO PROVIDE $223,016 FOR VET IN SCHOOLS CENTRES IN THE NORTH EAST OF TASMANIA
• PRIMARY PRINCIPALS SUPPORT FEDERAL GOVERNMENT IN FIGHT TO WIN LITERACY BATTLE
• UNIVERSITIES WINNERS FROM NEW TAX CHANGES
• RECORD NEW APPRENTICESHIP NUMBERS
• THE FIRST YOUTH WEEK TO BE HELD IN APRIL 2000
• GUARANTEEING THE HIGH QUALITY OF AUSTRALIAN UNIVERSITIES
• A BIGGER VOICE FOR AUSTRALIA'S YOUTH
• UNDERGRADUATE SCIENCE STUDENTS GET CHANCE TO WORK ON BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH PROJECT

May

• STUDENT MUSICIANS HIT THE STAGE
• AUSTRALIA TO ASSIST IN DEVELOPING GLOBAL ON-LINE LEARNING STANDARDS
• GOVERNMENT RELEASES 1999 POLICY PARAMETERS FOR AGREEMENT MAKING IN THE APS
• MEDIA COMMENDED FOR POSITIVE YOUTH COVERAGE
• GOVERNMENT TIGHTENS ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA FOR RE-SKILLING EXISTING WORKER INCENTIVE PAYMENTS
• BETTER PATHWAYS FROM SCHOOL TO WORK FOR INDIGENOUS STUDENTS
• MAJOR REFORM OF NON-GOVERNMENT SCHOOL FUNDING
• IMPROVING OPPORTUNITIES FOR INDIGENOUS AUSTRALIANS
• OFFSHORE CENTRES AWARDED $10 MILLION TO PROMOTE AUSTRALIAN STUDIES
• $93.3 MILLION FOR HIGHER EDUCATION RESEARCH
• IMPROVING LITERACY AND NUMERACY AT SCHOOL
• $870 MILLION MORE FOR EDUCATION
• INCREASED ASSISTANCE FOR ISOLATED CHILDREN
• $25 MILLION FOR SCIENCE EDUCATION
• $28 MILLION BOOST FOR STUDENT PLACES AT JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY
• $77.7 MILLION FOR HIGHER TEACHING STANDARDS
• $90 MILLION FOR THE STUDY OF ASIAN LANGUAGES
• $1.6 BILLION EACH YEAR FOR TRAINING OPPORTUNITIES FOR ALL AUSTRALIANS
• SPEAKING NOTES FOR DR DAVID KEMP AT THE VICTORIAN TAFE ASSOCIATION
• OUTCOMES REPORTING AND ACCOUNTABLE SCHOOLING
• TRANSCRIPT OF DR DAVID KEMP AT THE CHRISTIAN SCHOOLS CONFERENCE, NATIONAL CONVENTION CENTRE

June

• $10M TRAINING INITIATIVE FOR TASMANIAN TOURISM
• VOTE OF CONFIDENCE FOR QUALITY TRAINING
• WOMEN GAIN HIGHER PROFILE IN AUSTRALIAN RESEARCH
• "LIVE" PICTURES FROM OUTER SPACE ON INTERNET
• NOMINATIONS OPEN FOR UNIVERSITY TEACHING AWARDS
• KEMP ANNOUNCES PROPOSAL TO REFORM HIGHER EDUCATION RESEARCH AND RESEARCH TRAINING
• ACHIEVING THE BALANCE

July

• NEW INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY INDUSTRY TRAINING PACKAGE
• CAREERS ON-LINE STUDY TO START

August

• NEW TRAINING PACKAGE FOR COMMUNITY SERVICE WORKERS
• SCHOOL LEAVERS AND SCHOOL STUDENTS EMPLOYMENT PROSPECTS BOOSTED
• GREATER PROTECTION FOR OVERSEAS STUDENTS
• STREET KIDS PRODUCE HIP RANGE OF ‘SPEAKOUT’ STREETWEAR WITH HELP OF COMMONWEALTH
• NSW SCHOOLS RECEIVE NATIONAL AWARDS
• AUSTRALIAN UNIVERSITIES - NON-COMPLETIONS RAISE CHALLENGE
• QUALITY AND EQUITY IN UNIVERSITIES
• RECORD HIGH IN NEW APPRENTICESHIP NUMBERS

September

• EDUCATION FOR INDIGENOUS AUSTRALIANS - a commitment to increased effort towards achieving the same educational outcomes for non-Indigenous Australians
• GOVERNMENT SUPPORTS RECOMMENDATIONS OF IT & T TASKFORCE
• SOLUTIONS FOR THE IT&T SKILLS SHORTAGE
• TASMANIAN SCHOOLS RECEIVE NATIONAL AWARDS
• ONLINE TRAINING TO GET THE SKILLS FOR THE JOB YOU WANT
• MICHAEL LEE DOES NOT UNDERSTAND HIS PORTFOLIO
• MICHAEL LEE’S GOT IT WRONG AGAIN – BACK TO SCHOOL MICHAEL!
• $2.5 MILLION FOR INTERNATIONAL RESEARCH AWARDS AND FELLOWSHIPS
• NATIONAL LITERACY WEEK September 6 - 10
• SCHOOLS RECEIVE NATIONAL LITERACY AWARDS
• ACT SCHOOLS RECEIVE NATIONAL LITERACY AWARDS
• NORTHERN TERRITORY SCHOOLS RECEIVE NATIONAL LITERACY AWARDS
• QUEENSLAND SCHOOLS RECEIVE NATIONAL LITERACY AWARDS
• SOUTH AUSTRALIAN SCHOOLS RECEIVE NATIONAL LITERACY AWARDS
• VICTORIAN SCHOOLS RECEIVE NATIONAL LITERACY AWARDS
• WESTERN AUSTRALIAN SCHOOLS RECEIVE NATIONAL LITERACY AWARDS
• Dr Kemp sees double at INDUSTRY OPENING
• New indigenous skill centre - training closer to home
• NSW MANUFACTURING TO HAVE A COMPETITIVE EDGE WITH STATE OF THE ART TRAINING FACILITIES
• NEW FUNDING TO HELP HIGHER EDUCATION STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES
• KEY RALPH DECISIONS ENCOURAGE INVESTMENT IN RESEARCH
• INDONESIAN STUDENTS STUDYING IN AUSTRALIA
• THE CHANGING ROLE OF ACADEMIC WORK IN THE 21ST CENTURY
• ATSIC REPORT IS WRONG - ABSTUDY HELPS INDIGENOUS STUDENTS IN NEED
• AN OVERVIEW OF NATIONAL POLICY DIRECTIONS INVOCATIONAL EDUCATION AND TRAINING
• 1999 NATIONAL LITERACY WEEK AWARDS FOR LITERACY AND NUMERACY ACHIEVEMENT

October

• NORTHERN TERRITORY NEW APPRENTICESHIPS CENTRES – TRAINING FOR 5,000 JOBS
• ENCOURAGING YOUTH CONTRIBUTION TO GOVERNMENT FORUMS
• TRAINING FOR CADETS GETS NATIONAL RECOGNITION
• GOVERNMENT SECURES SUPPORT FOR IMPROVED EDUCATIONAL OUTCOMES FOR INDIGENOUS AUSTRALIANS
• NEW APPRENTICESHIPS CENTRES TO HELP WITH JOBS AND TRAINING
• PUBLIC SERVICE BILL – THRICE DENIED
• HIGHER EDUCATION FUNDING
• FUNDING TO HELP SCHOOL CHILDREN IN REMOTE AREAS
• PUBLIC SERVICE BILL PASSED – A NEW ACT FOR A NEW CENTURY
• 1999 UNIVERSITY TEACHING AWARD FINALISTS ANNOUNCED
• 1999 NSW University Teaching Awards FINALISTS ANNOUNCED
• 1999 VICTORIAN University Teaching Awards FINALISTS ANNOUNCED
• 1999 QLD University Teaching Awards FINALISTS ANNOUNCED
• 1999 SOUTH AUSTRALIAN University Teaching Awards FINALISTS ANNOUNCED
• 1999 WA University Teaching Awards FINALISTS ANNOUNCED
• Newcastle University a finalist in 1999 University Teaching Awards
• 1999 TASMANIAN University Teaching Awards FINALISTS ANNOUNCED
• UNIVERSITY RESEARCHERS RECEIVE NEW RESEARCH GRANT FUNDING
• $53 MILLION FOR UNIVERSITY-INDUSTRY RESEARCH
• 100 NEW AUSTRALIAN RESEARCH COUNCIL FELLOWSHIPS FOR 2000
• COMMONWEALTH GIVES $1.25 MILLION FOR THE AUSTRALIAN INSTITUTE OF NUCLEAR SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING
• TOP Teachers nominated for university teaching awards
• NEW RESEARCH INTO SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY EDUCATION
• A NATIONAL VISION FOR YOUTH DEVELOPMENT

November

• $4 MILLION FUNDING FOR DRUG EDUCATION PROGRAMMES
• GOVERNMENT AND INDUSTRY WORKING TOGETHER TO ADDRESS SKILLS SHORTAGES IN TRADITIONAL TRADES
• ACTION PLAN TO HELP INDIGENOUS STUDENTS
• $13.5 MILLION BOOST FOR INDUSTRY TRAINING
• HECS DOES NOT DETER
• WORKPLACE REFORM IN HIGHER EDUCATION
• Launch of National Youth Media Awards 2000
• NEW APPRENTICESHIPS BOOST RURAL AND REGIONAL COMMUNITIES
• NEW APPRENTICESHIPS CENTRES A NATIONWIDE HIT
• AUSTRALIAN BUSINESSES BACK NEW APPRENTICESHIPS
• SCHOOL STUDENTS SAY AUSTRALIAN TROOPS IN EAST TIMOR ARE CONTINUING THE ANZAC SPIRIT
• SURVEY SHOWS TAFE TRAINING MEANS JOBS
• NEW APPRENTICESHIP NUMBERS CONTINUE TO GROW
• DELAHUNTY SENDS VICTORIAN STATE EDUCATION BACK TO DARK AGES
• GOVERNMENT GIVES $1.25 MILLION YEARLY FUNDING BOOST
  FOR TEACHER TRAINING IN WESTERN AUSTRALIA
• Minister David Kemp and Olympic Sprinter Matt Shirvington
  Launch the National Youth Media Awards 2000
• 50,000 AUSTRALIAN STUDENTS ENTER MATHEMATICS TALENT QUEST
• YOUNG HISTORIAN OF THE YEAR
• PARENTS WINNERS AS WEST AUSTRALIAN GOVERNMENT LEADS AUSTRALIA IN REPORTING STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT IN LITERACY AND NUMERACY
• BEAZLEY SHOULD APOLOGISE
• Ongoing Reforms to Vocational Education and Training are the Key to Training Success in the 21st Century
• WHAT DO SCHOOL STUDENTS KNOW ABOUT AUSTRALIA'S HISTORY AND OUR DEMOCRATIC PROCESSES?
• AUSTRALIAN COLLEGE OF EDUCATION:
  INDIGENOUS EDUCATION FORUM, ALICE SPRINGS, 3 NOVEMBER 1999

December

• 1999 AUSTRALIAN UNIVERSITY TEACHER
  OF THE YEAR
• NEWCASTLE A WINNER IN 1999 UNIVERSITY TEACHING AWARDS
• UNIVERSITY TEACHERS IN NSW WINNERS IN 1999 UNIVERSITY TEACHING AWARDS
• QUEENSLAND HONOURED IN 1999 UNIVERSITY TEACHING AWARDS
• UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA WINNER IN 1999 UNIVERSITY TEACHING AWARD
• MELBOURNE TEACHER HONOURED IN 1999 UNIVERSITY TEACHING AWARDS
• WESTERN AUSTRALIA HONOURED IN 1999 UNIVERSITY TEACHING AWARDS 
• NEW HELP FOR STUDENTS CHOOSING UNIVERSITY COURSES
• Ongoing Reforms to Vocational Education and Training are the Key to Training Success in the 21st Century
• MORE JOBS - BETTER PAY FOR UNIVERSITY GRADUATES IN 1999
• VICTORIAN GOVERNMENT IGNORES WHAT BUSINESS' WANTS
  AND FREEZES 'USER CHOICE'
• QUALITY ASSURED FOR HIGHER EDUCATION
• AGE IS NO BARRIER TO SKILLING OUR WORKFORCE
• NEW APPRENTICESHIPS PROVIDE BOOST TO REGIONAL AUSTRALIA
• ZENYTH - BENDIGO SECONDARY SCHOOL COLLEGE WINS NATIONAL BATTLE OF THE BANDS COMPETITION
• ACT WINNER OF BATTLE OF BANDS
• STATE WINNERS UNLEASH THEIR TALENT AT THE COMMONWEALTH YOUTH AFFAIRS NATIONAL BATTLE OF THE BANDS
• RIVERMOUNT COLLEGE QUEENSLAND
  STATE WINNER OF BATTLE OF THE BANDS
• IMMANUEL COLLEGE WINS STATE AWARDS FOR BATTLE OF THE BANDS
• SHEER MADNESS TASMANIAN STATE WINNER - BATTLE OF THE BANDS
• BENDIGO SENIOR SECONDARY SCHOOL
  VICTORIAN STATE WINNER OF BATTLE OF THE BANDS
• WARWICK SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL - STATE WINNER OF BATTLE OF THE BANDS
• STEPHEN ELDER APPOINTED KEMP ADVISER
• $5 MILLION FOR SIR ROBERT MENZIES CENTRE FOR AUSTRALIAN STUDIES IN LONDON
• CAPITAL DEVELOPMENT GRANTS AWARDED TO UNIVERSITIES
• RESEARCH WHITE PAPER ENCOURAGES AUSTRALIAN RESEARCH AND INNOVATION LINKS
• GET YOUR HECS QUESTIONS ANSWERED VIA THE INTERNET
• $1 MILLION BOOST TO REGIONAL MEDICAL COURSES
• Quality Assured - A new Australian quality assurance framework for university education

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