A legal challenge to Victoria’s Covid-19 vaccine mandate has been taken up by more than 100 people, some authorised workers, amid concern the order is forcing businesses to close and people to lose work. The state’s vaccine mandate, believed to ...

Most of the Covid-19 spread in schools and early childcare centres during Australia’s Delta wave was driven by staff, new research reveals. Murdoch Children’s Research Institute experts also said face masks for grade three students and above would help reduce ...

Well, it’s official. An Australian teacher has once again been named in the top ten in the $1 million Global Teacher Prize, supported by Schools Plus and the Varkey Foundation. The latest news puts Rebecca West, deputy principal and instructional ...

With just under three weeks until the mandatory vaccination date, over 6000 NSW school staff are not fully vaccinated and there is still no clarity over what happens to staff who do not meet the deadline. The Victorian Government has ...

Parents are living in “la-la land” if they think homeschooling is over once classrooms open back up, a virus expert has warned. NSW schools are preparing to go back to face-to-face learning this month, which will be a welcome relief ...

The deadline for teachers to be vaccinated against COVID-19 in NSW is fast approaching and with no consistent national policy, questions remain for schools and principals as to what will happen once the deadline is reached. As it stands only ...

NSW deputy premier Paul Toole has slammed a new Victorian mandate for face masks in primary schools, describing the decision as “crazy”. Victorian students in years three to six will be required to wear a mask while at school. Toole, who is ...

Like health practitioners of all stripes, 2020 and 2021 are years that many teachers in COVID-19 affected areas would probably rather forget. Undoubtedly acquiring new skills – and a greater sense of agility and resilience – benefitted many teachers, but ...

It has been revealed that young people around the world are struggling at a staggering rate, after a new UNICEF report found that 1 in 5 aged 15-24 feel depressed. In light of the devastating effects of the COVID-19 pandemic, ...

A Victorian teacher is the first to launch legal action against the state’s ‘no jab, no job’ vaccine mandate. Relief teacher Belinda Cetnar launched an urgent application against the policy and will appear in the Supreme Court on Tuesday. The ...