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Posted on 16 June 2025 | 8:59 pm
Submissions to inform the Anti-Bullying Rapid Review which has been launched by the Albanese Labor Government will close at the end of this week.To date, more than 900 submissions have been received from families, young people, teachers and community members from across Australia.The majority of submissions have come from parents, who have...[ Read more ]
Posted on 16 June 2025 | 2:36 am
ALICIA PAYNE, MEMBER FOR CANBERRA: Good morning, everyone. I'm Alicia Payne, the Member for Canberra, and it's my great pleasure this morning to have Education Minister Jason Clare visiting Goodstart Braddon, here in the electorate. And I want to thank Crystal and the team for welcoming us this morning, and...[ Read more ]
Posted on 15 June 2025 | 9:11 pm
Stronger, mandatory child safety measures have been signed off by every Australian Education Minister to strengthen child safety in early childhood education and care services.This forms part of the significant progress that has already been made since the release of the Australian Children’s Education and Care Quality Authority (ACECQA) Review...[ Read more ]
Posted on 13 June 2025 | 4:20 am
G’day everyone.I acknowledge the traditional owners of the land on which the Conference is taking place today, and I pay my respects to elders, past and present.I’m really sorry I can’t be there today in person but thank you so much for the opportunity to talk to you today.More importantly,...[ Read more ]
Posted on 3 June 2025 | 5:04 am
The first Suburban University Study Hub in Western Australia has opened to students this week at Ellenbrook, bringing university closer to where students live in the outer suburbs north of Perth.Nearly half of young people in their 20s and 30s in Australia have a degree but not in the outer...[ Read more ]
Posted on 3 June 2025 | 1:07 am
JASON CLARE, MINISTER FOR EDUCATION: This is really exciting. It's about bringing university closer to where people live in the outer suburbs of our big cities and in particular here in Perth. We're setting up a hub here in Ellenbrook, but also in Armadale and in Mandurah. It's about making...[ Read more ]
Posted on 28 May 2025 | 4:40 am
JULES SCHILLER: Well as you know, the Albanese government was overwhelmingly re-elected and Jason Clare has resumed his ministry. He is the Federal Education Minister. He joins us now. Jason Clare, welcome.JASON CLARE, MINISTER FOR EDUCATION: G’day, guys. Good to be here.SCHILLER: Congratulations on your re-election and becoming Federal Education...[ Read more ]
Posted on 27 May 2025 | 5:00 am
ALI FRANCE, MEMBER-ELECT FOR DICKSON: Welcome to Strathpine, everybody. I want to thank the Education Minister, Jason Clare and also the BUSY group, and also our State Assistant Minister for Education, Jess Pugh, for coming up – Shadow, sorry – for coming up to Strathpine today to open the Strathpine...[ Read more ]
Posted on 27 May 2025 | 1:47 am
The first Suburban University Study Hub in Queensland has opened to students this week at Strathpine, bringing university closer to where students live in the outer suburbs north of Brisbane.Nearly half of young people in their 20s and 30s in Australia have a degree but not in the outer suburbs....[ Read more ]
Posted on 23 May 2025 | 9:39 am
In my first week as Minister for Early Childhood Education, I stopped in to meet educators and children at a busy early learning centre.22-year-old Talitha told me with a big smile, “I can finally see a future.”She was talking about our 15 per cent pay rise, one of the key...[ Read more ]
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Posted on 16 June 2025 | 8:59 pm
Submissions to inform the Anti-Bullying Rapid Review which has been launched by the Albanese Labor Government will close at the end of this week.To date, more than 900 submissions have been received from families, young people, teachers and community members from across Australia.The majority of submissions have come from parents, who have...[ Read more ]
Posted on 16 June 2025 | 2:36 am
ALICIA PAYNE, MEMBER FOR CANBERRA: Good morning, everyone. I'm Alicia Payne, the Member for Canberra, and it's my great pleasure this morning to have Education Minister Jason Clare visiting Goodstart Braddon, here in the electorate. And I want to thank Crystal and the team for welcoming us this morning, and...[ Read more ]
Posted on 15 June 2025 | 9:11 pm
Stronger, mandatory child safety measures have been signed off by every Australian Education Minister to strengthen child safety in early childhood education and care services.This forms part of the significant progress that has already been made since the release of the Australian Children’s Education and Care Quality Authority (ACECQA) Review...[ Read more ]
Posted on 13 June 2025 | 4:20 am
G’day everyone.I acknowledge the traditional owners of the land on which the Conference is taking place today, and I pay my respects to elders, past and present.I’m really sorry I can’t be there today in person but thank you so much for the opportunity to talk to you today.More importantly,...[ Read more ]
Posted on 3 June 2025 | 5:04 am
The first Suburban University Study Hub in Western Australia has opened to students this week at Ellenbrook, bringing university closer to where students live in the outer suburbs north of Perth.Nearly half of young people in their 20s and 30s in Australia have a degree but not in the outer...[ Read more ]
Posted on 3 June 2025 | 1:07 am
JASON CLARE, MINISTER FOR EDUCATION: This is really exciting. It's about bringing university closer to where people live in the outer suburbs of our big cities and in particular here in Perth. We're setting up a hub here in Ellenbrook, but also in Armadale and in Mandurah. It's about making...[ Read more ]
Posted on 28 May 2025 | 4:40 am
JULES SCHILLER: Well as you know, the Albanese government was overwhelmingly re-elected and Jason Clare has resumed his ministry. He is the Federal Education Minister. He joins us now. Jason Clare, welcome.JASON CLARE, MINISTER FOR EDUCATION: G’day, guys. Good to be here.SCHILLER: Congratulations on your re-election and becoming Federal Education...[ Read more ]
Posted on 27 May 2025 | 5:00 am
ALI FRANCE, MEMBER-ELECT FOR DICKSON: Welcome to Strathpine, everybody. I want to thank the Education Minister, Jason Clare and also the BUSY group, and also our State Assistant Minister for Education, Jess Pugh, for coming up – Shadow, sorry – for coming up to Strathpine today to open the Strathpine...[ Read more ]
Posted on 27 May 2025 | 1:47 am
The first Suburban University Study Hub in Queensland has opened to students this week at Strathpine, bringing university closer to where students live in the outer suburbs north of Brisbane.Nearly half of young people in their 20s and 30s in Australia have a degree but not in the outer suburbs....[ Read more ]
Posted on 23 May 2025 | 9:39 am
In my first week as Minister for Early Childhood Education, I stopped in to meet educators and children at a busy early learning centre.22-year-old Talitha told me with a big smile, “I can finally see a future.”She was talking about our 15 per cent pay rise, one of the key...[ Read more ]
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Posted on 16 June 2025 | 8:59 pm
Submissions to inform the Anti-Bullying Rapid Review which has been launched by the Albanese Labor Government will close at the end of this week.To date, more than 900 submissions have been received from families, young people, teachers and community members from across Australia.The majority of submissions have come from parents, who have...[ Read more ]
Posted on 16 June 2025 | 2:36 am
ALICIA PAYNE, MEMBER FOR CANBERRA: Good morning, everyone. I'm Alicia Payne, the Member for Canberra, and it's my great pleasure this morning to have Education Minister Jason Clare visiting Goodstart Braddon, here in the electorate. And I want to thank Crystal and the team for welcoming us this morning, and...[ Read more ]
Posted on 15 June 2025 | 9:11 pm
Stronger, mandatory child safety measures have been signed off by every Australian Education Minister to strengthen child safety in early childhood education and care services.This forms part of the significant progress that has already been made since the release of the Australian Children’s Education and Care Quality Authority (ACECQA) Review...[ Read more ]
Posted on 13 June 2025 | 4:20 am
G’day everyone.I acknowledge the traditional owners of the land on which the Conference is taking place today, and I pay my respects to elders, past and present.I’m really sorry I can’t be there today in person but thank you so much for the opportunity to talk to you today.More importantly,...[ Read more ]
Posted on 3 June 2025 | 5:04 am
The first Suburban University Study Hub in Western Australia has opened to students this week at Ellenbrook, bringing university closer to where students live in the outer suburbs north of Perth.Nearly half of young people in their 20s and 30s in Australia have a degree but not in the outer...[ Read more ]
Posted on 3 June 2025 | 1:07 am
JASON CLARE, MINISTER FOR EDUCATION: This is really exciting. It's about bringing university closer to where people live in the outer suburbs of our big cities and in particular here in Perth. We're setting up a hub here in Ellenbrook, but also in Armadale and in Mandurah. It's about making...[ Read more ]
Posted on 28 May 2025 | 4:40 am
JULES SCHILLER: Well as you know, the Albanese government was overwhelmingly re-elected and Jason Clare has resumed his ministry. He is the Federal Education Minister. He joins us now. Jason Clare, welcome.JASON CLARE, MINISTER FOR EDUCATION: G’day, guys. Good to be here.SCHILLER: Congratulations on your re-election and becoming Federal Education...[ Read more ]
Posted on 27 May 2025 | 5:00 am
ALI FRANCE, MEMBER-ELECT FOR DICKSON: Welcome to Strathpine, everybody. I want to thank the Education Minister, Jason Clare and also the BUSY group, and also our State Assistant Minister for Education, Jess Pugh, for coming up – Shadow, sorry – for coming up to Strathpine today to open the Strathpine...[ Read more ]
Posted on 27 May 2025 | 1:47 am
The first Suburban University Study Hub in Queensland has opened to students this week at Strathpine, bringing university closer to where students live in the outer suburbs north of Brisbane.Nearly half of young people in their 20s and 30s in Australia have a degree but not in the outer suburbs....[ Read more ]
Posted on 23 May 2025 | 9:39 am
In my first week as Minister for Early Childhood Education, I stopped in to meet educators and children at a busy early learning centre.22-year-old Talitha told me with a big smile, “I can finally see a future.”She was talking about our 15 per cent pay rise, one of the key...[ Read more ]