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Early childhood reforms endorsed by Australian Governments
- The Council of Australian Governments (COAG) endorsed major early childhood reforms at its meeting on 2 July 2009, releasing the first national Early Childhood Development Strategy - Investing in the ...
COAG progress on Closing the Gap
- Agreement was reached at the COAG meeting of Prime Minister Kevin Rudd and State and Territory leaders in Darwin, in new areas including education, food security and Internet access for remote Indigen...
Australian youth get a voice around the country
- In partnership with the Salvation Army, the Australian Government is reaching out to young Australians, including many facing disadvantage and other significant challenges. The 'youTHINK: Your Say' ev...
VET E-Portfolio Roadmap released
- The VET E-portfolio Roadmap, a national strategic plan designed to support the diverse requirements for e-portfolios in vocational education and training (VET), has been released by the national train...
Technology lesson one: teach the teachers
- Leading technology academics have warned that the rollout of communication infrastructure in the education revolution will be wasted if teachers do not know how to use it. "The technology is being pro...

Early childhood reforms endorsed by Australian Governments
- The Council of Australian Governments (COAG) endorsed major early childhood reforms at its meeting on 2 July 2009, releasing the first national Early Childhood Development Strategy - Investing in the ...
Premier's vision for life-long love of learning
- Every Tasmanian child should arrive at school with the seed of a life-long love of learning sown within them, said Premier David Bartlett, announcing details of the roll out of the $76 million program...
Scholarships for Australian early childhood research
- The University of South Australia offers a number of scholarships to advance knowledge in early childhood education: Jean Denton Memorial Scholarship; Lillian de Lissa Action Research Scholarship; Lil...

Wide gaps between NSW schools
- New South Wales Education Minister Verity Firth has revealed that schools with similar student demographics have big differences in their results. ABC News, 3 July 2009.
League tables fine crazy, says Gillard
- Education Minister Julia Gillard has branded as 'crazy' laws allowing newspapers to be fined $55,000 if they publish league tables comparing school results. The Age, 3 July 2009.
New student income support estimator released
- The Minister for Education, Julia Gillard has released a student income support estimator to help students plan their future study. Minister for Education, 2 July 2009.

Premier's vision for life-long love of learning
- Every Tasmanian child should arrive at school with the seed of a life-long love of learning sown within them, said Premier David Bartlett, announcing details of the roll out of the $76 million program...
VET infrastructure boost in Tasmania
- Tasmania has received $12.2 million from the Australian Government to progress a number of projects such as a new state of the art Construction and Allied Trades facility; and a Greens Skills Centre...
SA's regional areas receive Productivity Places funding
- Job seekers living in the Adelaide Hills will benefit from 69 higher-level training places on offer this year, worth almost $202,000, through the Productivity Places Program for Job Seekers. The main ...

Opening of Ozanam learning centre: A new chapter for homeless people
- Prime Minister Kevin Rudd today opened the Sydney Ozanam Learning Centre, a facility that will provide new opportunities for homeless people.
Leadership Achievement for Women Award opens
- The Centre for Leadership for Women (CLW) Leadership Achievement Award has been established to recognise women in the community who use their own initiative to create and implement projects for the be...
Life Matters discusses volunteering and baby boomers
- This program examines questions such as : What are the newly retired looking for in their volunteering roles? Are they more discriminating than older seniors? Is there a connection between volunteerin...

Seven million dollars internet boost for indigenous communities
- The federal government will spend 7 million dollars on providing public Internet access facilities in remote indigenous communities over the next four years, as part of the Closing the Gap initiatives...
University gender gap favours women
- Australian women are more likely to be enrolled in university than men, and the gender disparity is likely to continue to grow, according to new research from The Australian National University. The s...
Opening of Centre for Maritime Simulations
- This state-of-the-art technology will assist in the delivery of essential training in coastal navigation, passage planning as well as the use of radar, electronic charts, automatic identification syst...

COAG aims to support foreign students
- Foreign students have again been assured they are welcome in Australia, with leaders agreeing to a range of initiatives to safeguard the nation's $15 billion international education sector. The Age, 2...
Singapore to hold International Education Roundtable
- Singapore will hold an inaugural international education roundtable (IER) next month to discuss the education systems worldwide. Education ministers and senior government officials from Australia (Vic...
Go8 offers support to the University of L'Aquila
- The Group of Eight announced it will offer up to eight scholarships to early career researchers in the Italian city of L'Aquila to help them continue their research in Australia while the University o...

Report highlights need for things to be done differently
- The 2009 Overcoming Indigenous Disadvantage Report shows little progress has been made in closing the gap for Indigenous people but provides the stron...
Bilingual the best way to learn English
- Aboriginal people and researchers have urged the Northern Territory Government to reverse its decision to dismantle Indigenous bilingual education in ...
Health scholarships to support Indigenous students
- Royal College of Nursing, Australia (RCNA) has announced the opening of the Puggy Hunter Memorial Scholarship Scheme, one of Australia's most lucrativ...
COAG progress on Closing the Gap
- Agreement was reached at the COAG meeting of Prime Minister Kevin Rudd and State and Territory leaders in Darwin, in new areas including education, fo...
New Indigenous statistics for schools
- Indigenous Statistics for Schools (ISS) is a new Australian Bureau of Statistics educational resource that provides easy to use data for students and ...