The Australian Education Union (AEU) organised an easy-to-read message for Prime Minister Anthony Albanese outside Parliament House on Tuesday, renewing the union's calls to fully fund public schools. AEU president Correna Haythorpe used skywriting that read "fund our schools PM" ...
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Govts fully fund NT schools with $1bn
Every Northern Territory public school will be fully resourced by 2029 after the federal and Northern Territory governments committed to a $1bn funding injection on Wednesday. Having signed a statement of intent on Wednesday, the federal government will invest at ...
More »100% school funding required for next NSRA
The panel of the National School Reform Agreement (NSRA) review released a report on Tuesday that will guide negotiations about the next education reforms. The NSRA is a bilateral agreement between federal and state and territory governments, where the latter ...
More »Qld invests more into support systems for students
A number of education support systems for disadvantaged and vulnerable students in Queensland are to share in $288m in 'prevention' funds as part of the larger $446.6m Community Safety Package, announced in the June budget. For instance, the Queensland Pathways ...
More »Union calls for government to fully fund public schools by 2028
The Australian Education Union (AEU) and its supporters met with Minister for Education Jason Clare earlier this month to remind the government of their election promise to fully fund all public schools by 2028. The AEU said the federal government ...
More »Aboriginal language school seeks support to grow
The first and only bilingual school of an Aboriginal language in NSW has reached capacity and seeks partners to support its long-term growth. Giingana Gumbaynggirr Freedom School (GGFS), in Coffs Harbour, started in 2022 with just 15 students and is ...
More »New upgrade funding for government schools
Public schools across the country can now apply for government funding to build or upgrade infrastructure. Federal Education Minister Jason Clare and Assistant Education Minister Anthony Chisholm announced that applications for round two of the Schools Upgrade Fund (SUF) are ...
More »SA teachers walk off the job
South Australian public school teachers have voted to proceed with a full day strike today after pay and condition negotiations between the union and the government failed to reach an agreement. Thousands of SA teachers will walk off the job ...
More »Teachers spend $1000 a year on classroom supplies
An Australian Education Union (AEU) 2023 poll found that public school teachers fork out a combined $159.5m a year to buy classroom supplies vital to education due to the underfunding of public schools by governments. The September results said 85 ...
More »What’s in it for teachers? NSW budget breakdown
The Minns government's first NSW state budget released on Tuesday put essential workers at its forefront, allocating $9.8 billion to the public education system to focus on upgrading schools and getting rid of the wages cap to tackle the understaffed ...
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