Articles from Australia
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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.
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Equity and inclusion 5 December 2008 EI hosts its largest-ever seminar on Indigenous issues
“Quality education and social justice for Indigenous peoples” is the theme of Education International’s Indigenous educators’ seminar to be held 6 December 2008 in advance of the World Indigenous Peoples Conference on Education in Melbourne.
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Leading the profession 5 June 2008 You’re having a laugh
The toughest audience can’t hold a candle to Year 9 on a wet Friday afternoon. That’s why so many teachers are a hit at this year’s comedy festival.
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Equity and inclusion 5 June 2008 Australia apologises to Stolen Generations of Aboriginal children
Australian teachers are wholeheartedly applauding the new federal government’s formal apology to indigenous Aboriginal people for past injustices and human rights violations.
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Equity and inclusion 13 February 2008 EI and Australian teachers welcome official apology to Aborigines
EI and Australian teachers are wholeheartedly applauding the new federal government’s formal apology to indigenous Aboriginal people for past injustices and human rights violations.
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Equity and inclusion 23 October 2007 Australia: AEU launches report calling for an education future for Indigenous communities
Education is the key, says the Australian Education Union (AEU) in launching its report on Indigenous education in Darwin on 23 October 2007.
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Equity and inclusion 16 October 2007 Australia: EI opposes new law which undermines indigenous rights
In a letter to the Australian Prime Minister on 10 October, EI voiced its concerns about new legislation which undermines the land rights of the Indigenous populations in the country.
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Union growth 30 November 2006 Australia: Trade unions unite on national day of protest
Teachers will join workers from all other sectors across Australia today in the national day of protest against radical industrial relations reforms imposed by the government of Prime Minister John Howard.
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