Prime Minister Scott Morrison’s statement on Sunday night regarding school closures has caused major confusion among principals, teachers, education support staff and parents, according to Australian Education Union (AEU) federal president Correna Haythorpe and the NSW Teachers Federation. She has urged ...

Schools in Australia will remain open for the foreseeable future amid the coronavirus crisis, with governments heeding advice that closing them would have dire consequences. But Prime Minister Scott Morrison said the nation's top medical officers and leaders are constantly ...

One of Australia’s leading audio companies has launched a program to provide free podcasting equipment to NSW schools to help them manage remote learning challenges caused by COVID-19 coronavirus. RØDE Microphones is making up to $2m worth of its podcasting ...

There has been a surge in parents and health professionals across Australia calling for immediate school closures, as the COVID-19 pandemic tightens its grip and strict mass gathering bans and social distancing protocols have been enforced. My sons school spent lessons ...

To get ahead of the game in controlling the spread of coronavirus, serious consideration should be given to closing all schools, a leading doctor says. President of the Australian Medical Association's Western Australia division Andrew Miller told reporters on Tuesday that ...

Teaching union officials have expressed concern that school shutdowns in NSW could lead to learning inequalities as some students will have access to better technology than others. The warning comes after the NSW Department of Education announced that virtual classrooms ...

The travel ban for international excursions for Western Australian schools has been extended due to the spread of COVID-19 across the United States. Due to its close proximity to the US border, Canada has also been included. All public, private ...

The NSW government has requested children who have recently travelled to China amid the coronavirus outbreak to avoid school, hours after the federal education minister chastised schools for making the same recommendation. Parents in NSW were asked to keep their ...

Australia’s health department has released advice to parents of school children on dealing with the risk of the coronavirus. Parents of children who had contact with a confirmed case of coronavirus are being urged to keep them at home and to ...