A scathing report produced by the Australian Education Union (AEU) found five top private schools spent more money on capital works than governments did for 3,372 public schools, over half the public schools in the country, in 2021. It also ...

The Australian Education Union (AEU) and its supporters met with Minister for Education Jason Clare earlier this month to remind the government of their election promise to fully fund all public schools by 2028. The AEU said the federal government ...

South Australian public school teachers have voted to proceed with a full day strike today after pay and condition negotiations between the union and the government failed to reach an agreement. Thousands of SA teachers will walk off the job ...

South Australian teachers could walk off the job again as early as next week, the state’s education union has warned. Some 170 schools closed on Friday as thousands of teachers waged industrial action over their pay demands. In a branch council meeting held ...

There's growing momentum among teaching unions to boycott a government-backed challenge tasking high school students to design a nuclear-powered propulsion system. The Nuclear-powered Submarine Propulsion Challenge, launched by Deputy Chief of Navy Rear Admiral Jonathon Earley in June, seeks to ...

Teachers are telling the state government to “show us the money”, with a list of demands including pay rises of up to 25 per cent over three years, more than $1bn in extra classroom support and a 20 per cent reduction in ...

Some of the most expensive NSW private schools have been overfunded by the state government to the tune of hundreds of millions of dollars, leaving public schools ten per cent below their specified funding level, a new report has claimed.   ...

An upcoming strike planned by NSW public and Catholic school teachers has been labelled “politically motivated” by the state’s education minister. Hundreds of teachers are set to walk off their jobs on Thursday in protest of the government’s revised wages ...

With the federal election underway, some in the education sector believe it has been left on the backburner, with candidates so far campaigning on issues like cost of living, healthcare and employment. On Sunday, Australians learnt that they will head ...

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 ...