More attention and resources will be given to students living with autism, who experience poorer education outcomes than the general population, the new draft National Autism Strategy released on Monday says. Its says at least 3.2 per cent of school-aged students are ...

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" ...

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 ...

The body representing Australia’s top scientists has said it is “concerned” by the University of Sydney’s decision to remove the maths prerequisite for students enrolling in a range of degrees that demand maths expertise. Australian Academy of Science president Chennupati ...

The biggest tertiary education sector review in 15 years has recommended that compulsory work placement for university students should be paid, as well as an overhaul of the HECS-HELP system. Unpaid placements has been named as a source of stress ...

The Tech Council of Australia (TCA) and the federal government today announced a virtual work experience program that will allow young people to explore a career in tech. High school students and post-school leavers, or 14-25 year olds, can access ...

The Productivity Commission's (PC) education report found government funding for private schools has increased twice as much as public schools between 2012 and 2022. Public school funding increased 20.3 per cent in real terms while private schools saw a 37 ...

A person on the average annual wage of $73,000 will get a tax cut of more than $1500 a year under Labor’s revamped tax policy – more than double the cut they’d have received under the Coalition’s legislated stage 3 ...

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 ...

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 ...