The federal government is offering million dollar grants to fund upgrades to remote school boarding facilities, but the principal of an Alice Springs school has questioned whether or not it’s enough.  Until August 9, funding of up to $10m per project ...

The Minns government has made a post-budget announcement that public sector workers will receive a 10.5 per cent pay rise over three years with a $1000 top-up if inflation exceeds 4.5 per cent. Independent Education Union NSW/ACT branch secretary Carol ...

Next week’s NSW budget will set aside a record $1.08bn for “minor works” at schools, including $600m for school maintenance work, $200m to bust a backlog of small upgrades and refurbishments, and $150m for improving disability access and safety. The ...

Queensland Treasurer Cameron Dick has allocated $1.274bn to education in the state budget handed down on Tuesday whilst focusing on cost-of-living relief, following suit with the other budgets announced this year. Educators Thousands of additional teaching support staff will be ...

A total of $256.3m will has been allocated to education by the South Australian state government in the 2024-25 budget, along with a new 20-year framework that will change how schools receive infrastructure spending. The plan will make significant changes ...

Record-breaking funds for education in the Northern Territory has been welcomed by teachers and parents after the region's budget was handed down on Tuesday. The $1.34bn budget fully funds the Territory’s public schools for the first time in NT history, after ...

Unions and education industry leaders have shared what was – and wasn't – in the federal budget for schools. Public school funding will rise 15.1 per cent over the next four years, from $11.1bn this financial year to $12.78bn in 2027-28, largely ...

Principals and state education ministers and unions have banded together to step up pressure on the Albanese government to lift public school funding ahead of Tuesday night's budget release. In a joint statement, the ministers and unions urged treasurer Jim ...

More than 50 NSW schools will each get more than $250,000 for new infrastructure such as hi-tech classrooms and sporting facilities under a $68m funding rollout. Western Sydney and regional NSW will be the big winners, with public schools with the greatest need receiving ...

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" ...