Federal politician Alan Tudge has retained his title of education minister despite being stood aside from the position. Tudge was asked by the prime minister to stand aside from the role last year, pending an investigation into allegations of an abusive extramarital ...

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 ...

By committing to the Sustainable Development Goals, countries around the world pledged to provide “equitable, quality education for all”.  Access to education has indeed expanded quickly. Globally, enrollment in primary education is near universal and the gross enrolment rate in ...

In March of 2022, the OECD published a policy brief based on the views of over 150 youth organisations across 72 countries. The key message that youth organisations around the world are most concerned about is the impact of the ...

Indigenous high school students will be placed at the forefront of a major research collaboration aimed at redefining success in Indigenous education.  Funded by Australia's largest philanthropic organisation, The Paul Ramsay Foundation, RISE will track the progress of 1,000 Indigenous ...

Literature in the field informs that bullying is a destructive social behaviour, which has both immediate and long-term negative consequences on the brain and the body. Research undertaken by Ken Purnell, and also that of Pieter Rossouw (citing Margaret Semrud-Clikeman ...

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, ...