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Long term decline in student results should ring alarm bells for the Albanese Government

Shadow Minister for Education, Sarah Henderson, has called on the Albanese Government to take the tough action required to reverse declining academic standards in Australian… Read More »Long term decline in student results should ring alarm bells for the Albanese Government

Shadow Minister for Education, Sarah Henderson, has called on the Albanese Government to urgently address escalating classroom disruption in Australian schools which is contributing to declining… Read More »Labor must take urgent action on classroom disruption to raise school standards

Geelong’s manufacturing industry is under threat from the Albanese Government and its radical overhaul of industrial relations laws. Senator for Victoria, Sarah Henderson, says the… Read More »Geelong manufacturers plead for Labor to abandon draconian IR laws

Shadow Minister for Education, Sarah Henderson, has today slammed the Australian Education Union (AEU) for its “Teachers and School Staff for Palestine Week of Action” which… Read More »Albanese Government must shut down harmful activism by teachers’ union

Shadow Minister for Education, Sarah Henderson, has raised ongoing concerns about the harm being caused by pro-Palestinian school protests. “The participation of students in today’s… Read More »Australian students must not be used as political pawns

Senator for Victoria, Sarah Henderson, has doubled down on her criticism of the Albanese Government after its decision to scrap two major infrastructure projects for… Read More »Project cancellations for Indi to have long lasting implications

The Albanese Government’s decision to adopt the Coalition’s long-standing proposal for an independent student ombudsman is welcome, but long overdue. For months, I have strongly… Read More »Education minister Jason Clare must fix his botched support for students policy

The Albanese Government’s cancellation of Geelong Fast Rail is a shocking betrayal of commuters in western Melbourne, Geelong and south-west Victoria. The $2 billion in… Read More »Labor’s axeing of Geelong Fast Rail and other major projects a shocking betrayal of regional Victoria