election 2025
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Funding
Labor settled the ‘funding wars’ just before the election. Here are 4 big issues schools still face
Days before Prime Minister Anthony Albanese called the federal election, the Labor government settled a long-running argument with the states…
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Policy & Reform
Labor champions education accessibility in sweeping win
Australians have resoundingly re-elected Anthony Albanese as prime minister delivering Labor a huge majority, while Peter Dutton has lost his…
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Policy & Reform
Albanese funds body image tools, encourages schools to screen Adolescence
Children will be given greater tools to tackle body images issues and live healthier lives under a $3.6m Albanese government…
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Policy & Reform
Labor, Coalition and Greens education policies compared
Australians will go to the polls this Saturday to choose the next government. The Australian Labor Party, the Liberal-National Coalition…
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Opinion
Why planning for schools in growth areas matters this election
Last year alone, more than 75,000 babies were born in the outer metropolitan growth areas of our capital cities. That’s…
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Policy & Reform
Education Minister’s western Sydney seat to be test for Labor
Education Minister Jason Clare's seat of Blaxland is considered safe, but the impacts of western Sydney's "melting pot" population on…
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Policy & Reform
Coalition’s pitch to get more students into VET after high school
A Coalition government has pledged $260m to get more high school students to take up trades instead of pursuing university,…
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Policy & Reform
Greens campaign for free school lunches for students
Every Australian child attending a public school would have access to a free lunch each day under a Greens policy…
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Funding
Education problems “not an issue of funding,” but indoctrination: Dutton
Opposition Leader and prime ministerial candidate Peter Dutton has said education standards have declined not because of funding, but due…
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Policy & Reform
$3.8bn Coalition pledge to send books to disadvantaged kids
An elected Coalition government would send students in disadvantaged areas one book per month to kickstart literacy development. The $3.8bn…
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