Turnbull Government funding for The Smith Family’s pioneering Learning for Life program is already delivering targeted interventions and support for 3,000 of Australia’s most disadvantaged young people. The Prime Minister and Minister for Education and Training tonight met Learning for Life graduates at a ceremony in Melbourne to mark their achievements. Learning for Life supports…
DetailsThe Coalition Government will conduct a comprehensive review of regional education with the aim of getting more regional, rural and remote students to not just be successful at school but to go on to further study, training and employment. Deputy Prime Minister and Leader of the Nationals Barnaby Joyce said the review would be critical…
DetailsA world-first resource is being rolled out in classrooms across Australia to help teachers and principals better support their students with special needs. Minister for Education and Training Simon Birmingham said $622,000 from the Turnbull Government had helped the Australian Special Education Principals Association develop Leading Learning 4 All. “We want to ensure each and…
DetailsThe Turnbull Government will introduce integrity measures expected to prevent $250 million being paid to dodgy Family Day Care providers in the latest compliance measure to protect taxpayers, families and most importantly children in child care. Minister for Education and Training Simon Birmingham said this week the Turnbull Government would table measures to set…
DetailsAustralia has cemented its reputation as an international education destination of choice with student numbers surging more than 10 per cent to 554,179. Minister for Education and Training Simon Birmingham said as the number of international students coming to Australia to study continued to soar, so too had their satisfaction levels. Minister Birmingham…
DetailsThe Turnbull Government is set to name the best Australian universities to train up the country’s next generation of cyber security specialists to help address statistics that show Australian companies predict nearly one in five cyber security jobs will go unfilled by 2020. Minister for Education and Training Simon Birmingham and Minister Assisting the Prime…
DetailsAs students settle into their first weeks of the new school year, the Turnbull Government has launched a new resource for parents and families to help bring school lessons to life at home. Minister for Education and Training Simon Birmingham said the new website, Learning Potential Resources was filled with hundreds of ideas, activities, games…
DetailsNew data shows that thousands of families have hit the child care assistance cap just weeks into the new year, forcing up their out of pocket child care costs. Minister for Education and Training Simon Birmingham said just two weeks into the new year, more than 3,600 families had hit the $7,500 rebate cap for…
DetailsToday, my department has written to the school authority responsible for the Islamic College of South Australia to inform them that their approval for access to Federal funds has been revoked with effect from 13 April 2017 (end of Term 1). This means that the Islamic College of South Australia will no longer be receiving…
DetailsA new independent umpire will deliver stronger protection for students having issues with training providers under new legislation introduced to Parliament today by the Turnbull Government. Minister for Education and Training Simon Birmingham said the new VET Student Loans Ombudsman would be able to investigate and resolve student complaints and the compliance issues of training…
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