Victoria
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School Management
Boarding fees top $90,000 for first time
Tuition and boarding fees for a Year 12 student at one of Australia’s wealthiest schools has topped $90,000 for the…
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Workforce
Working with children check review in Victoria
Peak childcare bodies are demanding a review of the working with children check system and the creation of an independent national watchdog to…
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School Management
Vic principals able to expel students for misconduct outside school
Victorian students engaging in serious misconduct outside of school hours could face suspension or expulsion under new powers granted to…
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Workforce
Victorian teachers hit, bullied, attacked 153 times a day
Victorian teachers were hit, bullied and attacked more than 150 times a day across the state’s government schools last year,…
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Funding
Victorian budget: No commitment to SRS until 2031, delay on capital works
The education sector has criticised the lukewarm investment into schools in last Victoria’s state budget handed down last Tuesday. Treasurer…
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School Management
Cost of living: Logos on uniforms banned in Vic
Parents in Victoria will no longer have to pay top dollar for branded school uniforms after Premier Jacinta Allan announced…
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Fair Work awards Melbourne private school staff right to strike
Staff at one of Melbourne’s most prestigious girls’ schools could go on strike over stalled talks about working hours and…
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School Management
Education department failed on child abuse cases, Victorian Ombudsman finds
In a damning new report released Thursday, the Victorian Ombudsman has revealed there are systemic gaps in the Victorian Department…
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Funding
Two more states sign on to funding agreement after govt increases share to 25 per cent
The funding wars are a step closer to being resolved after the Prime Minister announced the federal government will meet…
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Funding
Concern that $400 Vic school bonus can’t be spent at discount retailers
State school parents will be unable to use the $400 School Saving Bonus on generic uniforms or stationery items from…
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