Australian education news
From Australian Government Dept. Education, Employment and Workplace Relations
Learning more about Australia’s children
Minister for School Education, Early Childhood and Youth Peter Garrett has launched the second data collection for the Australian Early Development Index (AEDI).
Principals' Forum 2012
Today Minister Garrett hosted the National Conversation with Principals with over 150 delegates from across the nation taking part in the conversation.
Disability Employment Brokers
Application to the Disability Employment Broker program is now open.
New incentives and support for mature age job seekers
The Australian Government has announced new incentives and support for mature age job seekers and their employers.
DEEWR Leading Indicator of Employment
The latest release of the DEEWR Monthly Leading Indicator of Employment is available.
Extra $63 Million To Help Students With Disability
Parliamentary Secretary for School Education, Senator Jacinta Collins and New South Wales Minister for Education, Mr Adrian Piccoli announce an extra $63 million to help students with disability.
Skills for all Australians
The Prime Minister today announced a Skills Reform package for States and Territories to reform the national vocational education and training system to address skills shortages across the economy.
Bullying No Way
The Minister for School Education Peter Garrett today launched the National Day of Action Against Bullying and Violence.
Enterprise Agreement Trends
The Trends in Enterprise Bargaining release for the September quarter 2011 is now available.
NSCSWP Applications closing
Applications for new schools to apply for funding to employ a chaplain or student welfare worker close on Friday 2 March 2012.
Extra $37 million for VIC
More than 33,000 students with disability in Victorian government schools will have greater access to classroom support from $37 million in More Support for Students with Disabilities funding.
Place-based Impact Investment in Australia
The Minister for Employment and Workplace Relations has launched a two-volume report on Place-based Impact Investment in Australia.
Participating Schools
Hundreds of schools in NSW will soon have greater capacity to make decisions about what happens in their school as part of the Australian Government’s Empowering Local Schools initiative.
Parents and carers
As part of the recent Budget announcement, the Government outlined proposed changes to Parenting Payment that will affect parents who have been receiving Parenting Payment prior to 1 July 2006.
New Employment Services
From 1 July 2009, the Australian Government has introduced a new approach to employment services - Job Services Australia.
Office of Early Childhood Education and Child Care
The Office is responsible for delivering on the Australian Government's commitment to provide a nationally-consistent system of quality, accessible and affordable early childhood education and child care for all Australian families.
Digital Education Revolution
The Digital Education Revolution, a major part of the Australian Government's Education Revolution, is a vital step in creating a world-class education system for Australia.
Australia's New Workplace Relations System
The Australian Government has introduced the Fair Work Bill 2008, which, once passed, will put in place Australia's New Workplace Relations System.