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I welcome the report of the Senate Education and Employment References Committee’s inquiry into the national trend of school refusal, chaired by Liberal Senator for… Read More »Albanese Government must act on inquiry into school refusal

The Albanese Government has axed plans to build two remote boarding schools for some of the most disadvantaged Indigenous students in the country, making a… Read More »Labor’s axeing of remote indigenous schools highlights Anthony Albanese’s Voice hypocrisy

Shadow Minister for Education Sarah Henderson has welcomed the Government’s appointment of Our Watch CEO Patty Kinnersly as its sexual violence and prevention expert, and… Read More »Coalition welcomes the appointment of new sexual violence prevention expert

Joint media release Shadow Minister for Education, Senator the Hon Sarah Henderson Shadow Minister for Indigenous Australians, Senator Jacinta Nampijinpa Price The Albanese Government has… Read More »Albanese Government fails indigenous youth on Alice Springs community safety package

The Universities Accord was an opportunity to push for real reform in the higher education sector. Improving our higher education sector is about much more… Read More »Albanese Government must put students first and hold universities to account

The meeting of education ministers on 6 July 2023 was a missed opportunity to mandate the adoption of explicit instruction in every Australian classroom, according… Read More »Education ministers’ meeting a missed opportunity

The Albanese Government was handed a ready-made plan with the Quality Initial Teacher Education Review when it came to government more than 12 months ago. In typical… Read More »Labor’s education minister is all talk and no action on Coalition’s teacher training reforms

Australian families are feeling so much pain from the Albanese Government’s misguided policies that countless school children are going hungry.The Australian newspaper reported yesterday that school principals… Read More »Labor should be ashamed that schools are turning to charities to feed hungry students