NSW has new plan to attract top teachers
NSW Premier Dominic Perrottet has an ambitious plan to attract high achievers to work as NSW public school teachers to address a chronic staffing shortage.
NSW Premier Dominic Perrottet has an ambitious plan to attract high achievers to work as NSW public school teachers to address a chronic staffing shortage.
Striking NSW public and private school teachers have marched in Sydney, united in their call for "More than Thanks" as they campaign for better pay.
A principal says he gave a speech to school assembly that included racial slurs and his family's Nazi connections to discuss the Christchurch terror attacks.
Every child in NSW will get free play-based learning in the year before they start school, in a major shake-up of the education system from 2030.
Victorian parents will be able to enrol their children in an extra year of pre-school for free, in a generational overhaul of early education.
Victoria's education department has been criticised for failing to remove a school principal after allegations of anti-Semitic bullying at the school.
Five former Brighton Secondary College students are suing the school, alleging a culture of anti-Semitic discrimination including Nazi salutes and swastikas.
Australia has reported almost 28,000 new COVID-19 cases and 30 virus-related deaths after recording 58 fatalities on Saturday.
Australia has reported more than 360 deaths from COVID-19 in the past seven days, 88 of them at the weekend, with the country's caseload exceeding 300,000.
One in two Australian parents and carers feel the COVID-19 pandemic is still making learning difficult for their children, research shows.
The family of a young Queensland girl who was left on a bus outside a childcare centre for six hours says the facility should be closed down.
As debate returns on religious discrimination laws, Labor has promised to protect LGBTQIA school students if elected.
A Noosa Temple of Satan founder has been ordered to front court, while another leader of the group has lost legal action against the Queensland government.
Striking public school teachers and principals have rallied outside NSW parliament calling for better pay and conditions as staff shortages disrupt learning.
South Australia has eased its COVID-19 close contact rules with people no longer required to isolate for seven days.
Dozens of teachers walked off the grounds of two northwest Sydney schools in protest after a visit from the NSW premier and education minister.
The South Australian government has decided to maintain mask use in high schools for another four weeks.
Queensland education staff are being warned of a zero tolerance approach to fraud and corruption as misconduct allegations dog the government.
Former Melbourne school principal Malka Leifer has elected to have 90 charges of child sexual abuse heard by a jury in a trial now expected to begin in August.
Queensland will spend $190 million to turbocharge the speed of internet in 1258 schools, including connecting 40 regional establishments to fibre optics.
As more people move to regional Australia, communities have identified the gaps in housing, water security, healthcare and connectivity.
The Queensland government has paired with charity Share the Dignity to provide free sanitary products in schools across the state.
A new report is recommending a stand-alone financial literacy course for Australian students.
State funding for free or subsided kindergarten in Queensland, including efforts to attract staff to remote areas, has prompted calls for more federal action.
Labor politicians have backed the coalition's religious discrimination bill, albeit with caveats, in two parliamentary inquiries into the contentious laws.
Two parliamentary committees are due to hand down reports into the Morrison government's bid to boost discrimination protections for religious Australians.
Brisbane's Citipointe Christian College has revoked student gender and sexuality contracts less than a week after parents were sent the controversial documents.
Average year 12 completion rates dropped by more than 100,000 students and childcare costs rose, the productivity watchdog's latest report has found.
Queensland's Non-State School Accreditation Board will probe a school's student gender and sexuality contracts, which are subject to human rights complaints.
There are 12,818 new COVID-19 cases in NSW and 30 people have died, as students return to school and non-urgent elective surgery is set to resume next week.
Qld ministers, the Lord Mayor and the Human Rights Commission have joined the chorus speaking out against a controversial Christian college contract.