New school enrolment figures have provided further evidence of the growing demand for public education and of the deep inequality entrenched in the distribution of capital funds across Australia’s education system. According to the Australian Bureau of Statistics...
The Australian Education Union (AEU) is calling on governments across the country to make TAFE their first priority as Australia looks to rebuild from the COVID-19 pandemic and tackle the country’s skills crisis. The AEU launched the ‘Rebuild with TAFE’ campaign in...
As teachers, principals and support staff welcome back students, an Australian Education Union survey of principals has found school staff worked tirelessly over the school holiday period to ensure a positive and settled start to schooling in 2021. Public school and...
The Productivity Commission’s Report on Government Services has shown per student funding to private schools continues to grow at a higher rate than for public school students with higher levels of need. “Tasmanian public schools and colleges are getting great...
The annual Report into Government Services (ROGS) provides evidence of the fundamental failure of the Federal Government to ensure that public schools across Australia have the funding needed for their students. In what can only be viewed as complete abandonment of...
The Productivity Commission’s final report into the National Agreement on Skills and Workforce Development (NASWD), recommending that governments should continue their agenda for more contestable funding for the VET sector, will see a further narrowing of options for...
