A leading health professional has warned of the potentially fatal effects of vaping, with primary school children picking up the addiction. It comes after some Victorian schools have installed sensors to stop students from smoking e-cigarettes. Paediatrician at the Royal Children’s Hospital, ...

Treasurer Josh Frydenberg’s fourth budget included the promise that Australian schools would continue to receive “record funding”, allocating $25.3 billion in 2022, and $318.9 billion to 2029. According to the budget, the government is committing $228.5 million to improve the ...

The Community Child Care Association, Community Early Learning Australia and Early Learning Association Australia have joined forces to present a six point plan to tackle what it sees as an early education and care crisis. According to Michele Carnegie, CEO ...

With Australia’s unemployment rate at its lowest since 2008 and the country largely adjusted to a sense of Covid-normal for the first time in two years, Tuesday’s evening's budget is likely to be a big push to spend post-pandemic household ...

Education Minister Stuart Robert has defended blaming “dud” public school teachers for dragging down academic results, saying his comments were “designed to be provocative”. Mr Robert made the initial remarks in a speech at a national independent schools conference late last week, ...

The recently announced change to the timing of the National Assessment Program Literacy and Numeracy (NAPLAN) test, to be held in term 1 rather than term 2 as of next year, has been met with criticism from the NSW Teachers ...

Following a meeting over the weekend the New South Wales Teachers Federation says it has been left with “no alternative" but to consider the "full range of strategies available to achieve the required reset in the salaries and conditions of ...

Teaching experts have criticised acting federal Education Minister Stuart Robert for making a "shameful" statement claiming "dud teachers" are to blame for declining education standards. On Thursday, while attending The Independent Schools Australia National Education Forum, Robert spoke about the ...

An elite all-boys school in Adelaide has thrown its support behind a senior who opened up to their peers about transitioning to become a female. Prince Alfred College is allowing the year 12 student to remain at the school and complete their final year ...

NSW education authorities are taking action against vaping in schools to combat the increasing and “unacceptable” problem. The state’s Education Minister told a budget estimates hearing on Wednesday the government was working on a range of actions to combat the ...