Articles from Australia
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Fighting the commercialisation of education 26 August 2014 Australia: Independent Public Schools drive is a failed policy, says education union
The Australian Education Union (AEU), one of EI’s national affiliates, has reacted to the State of Tasmania’s indication that it did not support the Abbott Government’s plan to create a two-tier public school system.
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Equity and inclusion 31 July 2014 Australia: Less equality for indigenous students and teachers
Universities in Australia are still far from granting equal opportunities to Indigenous students and staff, while indigenous programmes are under threat, according to Celeste Liddle, member and Indigenous Organiser at the Australian National Tertiary Education Union (NTEU). ‘Cuts to funding and the lack of inclusive spaces within universities are hampering...
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 10 July 2014 Australia: Senate backs Gonski funding for full six-year period
The Australian Education Union has called on Prime Minister Tony abbot to follow the recommendations of a Senate inquiry and reverse his decision to abandon the final two years of Gonski funding.
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 10 February 2014 Australia: Gonski campaign hits the road
EI’s affiliate, the Australian Education Union (AEU) continues to pursue the objectives of EI’s Unite for Quality Education through its I give a Gonski campaign. For the next five weeks until 18 March, four vans will cover 23,000 km in Australia pressuring the continent’s government to deliver on quality education...
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 23 October 2013 Australia: Quality education campaign launched
The Independent Education Union of Australia (IEU), one of EI’s national affiliates, has launched its Quality Education campaign at the National Carillon in Canberra in support of the EI Unite for Quality Education initiative and World Teachers’ Day.
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 26 July 2013 Making history to benefit each and every Australian pupil:Making history to benefit each and every Australian pupil:
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Standards and working conditions 12 July 2013 The great GonskiThe great Gonski
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 2 July 2013 Australia: educators demand quick finalisation of Gonski funding negotiations
On 28 June, the Australian Education Union (AEU), EI’s largest Australian affiliate, called on all political leaders to act in a spirit of bipartisanship and finalise agreements on the implementation of the Gonski Report on investment in education within the next two weeks.
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 4 April 2013 Australia: education funding reform in jeopardy
Public schools in Australia would receive $390 million less in funding in 2014 if the Australian federal and state governments fail to put in place the Gonski school funding reforms by the beginning of next year. This is according to a new budget analysis released by EI’s affiliate, the Australian...
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 6 March 2013 Australia: Union support for school funding reform
The Australian Education Union (AEU), one of EI’s national affiliates, has welcomed February’s release of the report from the Gonski Review of Funding for Australian Schooling. It explained that this report made 2012 a historic year for school funding reform in the country.
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 4 September 2012 Australia: Union rebukes Abbot’s attack on public schools
The Australian Education Union (AEU), one of EI’s national affiliates, has strongly rejected the claims by Opposition leader Tony Abbott that public schools are overfunded in comparison with private schools.
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 24 July 2012 Australia: national day of action for education funding reform
Parents, teachers and principals across Australia will be taking part in a national day of action on 24 July to urge politicians to commit to boosting resources for schools and funding reform.
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 6 July 2012 Australia: Campaign for new education funding model
The Australian Education Union (AEU) has launched a campaign, I give a Gonski, to encourage the Government to legislate for a new funding model based on the findings of the Gonski Review of Federal Schools funding.
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Standards and working conditions 27 February 2012 Australian teachers win public debate on adequate education funding
“There is an urgent need for the reform of school funding arrangements and an investment of at least an extra 3.8 billion Australian dollars a year in the public schools of Australia”. This is the main conclusion of a Panel to Review the Funding for Schooling established by the Australian...
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Standards and working conditions 6 July 2011 Australia: Federal government attacks teachers’ rights
The government of New South Wales in Australia is trying to take away the right of teachers to negotiate pay and conditions. The government has capped wage increases for public service employees at 2.5 per cent and has taken away their rights to bargain for improved pay and conditions.
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Equity and inclusion 30 March 2011 Defending Indigenous children’s rights to education
Case study Australia: an educational future for Indigenous communities
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Equity and inclusion 2 September 2010 Gay adoption victory in Australia
The parliament in Australia’s most populous state has voted to allow same-sex couples the same rights to adopt as heterosexuals.
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Fighting the commercialisation of education 15 April 2010 Trans-Pacific Partnership talks launched in Australia
Inaugural negotiations for a Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) aimed at creating an ambitious regional free trade zone were launched in Melbourne on 15 March.
Trans-Pacific Partnership talks launched in Australia