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The Australian Education Union has condemned opposition leader Tony Abbott’s promise to scrap Gonski if elected. AEU president Angelo Gavrielatos said Abbott recognised the good education that Australian kids deserve without preparing to back the reforms that will make that ...

The Australian government has committed to ten years of support for the health and safety of children and families, with the Stronger Futures in the Northern Territory project. The project aims to close the indigenous disadvantage gap, which is higher ...

New South Wales is the first state to sign up to Julia Gillard’s school education reforms. Prime minister Gillard and NSW premier Barry O’Farrell signed the National Education Reform Agreement, kicking off the biggest change to school education in Australia ...

Following 18 months of negotiations, the pay dispute between Victoria’s school teachers and the state government has finally come to an end. The state’s teachers recently struck a deal with the government scoring a wage increase of between 16.1 to ...

Private school teachers will be thumped in the hip pocket this year, as the federal government announces changes to the fringe benefits tax concessions. Under the current provisions, state employees are taxed on 75 per cent of the value of ...

An organisation for state schools believes state government proposals will marginalise public schools. The Australian Council of State School Organisations (ACSSO) says the Victorian government’s education proposals are an “attack’’ on public schools. “The Victorian premier needs to work with ...

“A once-in-a-lifetime opportunity” is how Charles Sturt University’s executive dean of education describes the federal government’s plans to better fund schools. But professor Toni Downes was disappointed by proposed cuts to higher education. Downes has urged state governments to put ...

Government plans to spend $9271 for every primary student, $12,193 for high school students. Prime minister Julia Gillard has finally revealed the government’s plan to overhaul education, announcing that Australian schools will receive a $14.5 billion boost in funding over ...

Running short of qualified maths teachers may be one result of cutting university funding to meet the Gonski recommendations. “One of the most significant problems in our schools is the shortage of qualified mathematics teachers,” said professor Geoff Prince, director ...

Teachers can help students attain a good ATAR by understanding how the marks are used. By Richard Chua One of the greatest joys I have experienced as an educator is in sharing in the success of my students – to ...