Get Up! WA for education reform
May 23, 2013, Hits:61
Education is one generation's promise to the next. The expert panel on education chaired by businessman David Gonski has laid out a way for us to make good on that promise. It's common sense: by improving access to quality education for every Aus...
Read moreFederal Coalition Needs to Act on Gonski, Not Talk.
May 22, 2013, Hits:49
The Australian Education Union said today the Coalition’s statements of support for Gonski were worthless without a commitment to action. AEU Federal President Angelo Gavrielatos also said the Coalition plan outlined in the letter to Premiers would ...
Read morePublic School Students Suffer Most if No Action on Gonski
May 20, 2013, Hits:59
New figures released today by the Prime Minister reveal the multi-billion dollar funding cuts that schools face without action on Gonski. AEU Federal President Angelo Gavrielatos said public schools would be the worst hit missing out on almost $12 b...
Read moreAbbott reveals himself as a wrecker – rips $9.8 billion from schools
May 17, 2013, Hits:105
The Australian Education Union has condemned the Opposition Leader’s outright rejection of the landmark Gonski reforms in his Budget Reply speech tonight in Parliament. “We reject in the strongest terms the Coalition’s plan to wreck the ‘Gonski’ ref...
Read moreGonski Information Forum: Find Out More
May 16, 2013, Hits:100
86,135 people Give a Gonski but what does that mean? Find out at the Gonski Information Forum: What Gonski means for public schools. Special guest speakers include Angelo Gavrielatos, President of the Australian Education Union (AEU) and Trevor Cobb...
Read moreAbbott must rule out dismantling Gonski reforms
May 15, 2013, Hits:117
The Australian Education Union has said today’s budgetary commitment of $9.8 billion for the Gonski reforms in schools, means we can finally begin to fix a broken model of schools funding. “Today, we enter a new era in schools funding – this budget ...
Read moreMore Funds For Schools - Let's Get Gonski
May 13, 2013, Hits:128
COAG came and went and no agreements were made, then on 23 April the NSW Premier Mr B O’Farrell finalised his state’s agreement to partner with the Federal Government to receive Gonski funds. This is a significant breakthrough. So far Premier Barnet...
Read moreOur Mob Give A Gonski
May 7, 2013, Hits:123
Arising from the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Caucus and the Federal Election Campaign Workshop at AEU Federal Conference the Federal Office has developed a Gonski flyer targeted to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people and communitie...
Read morePremier Barnett threatens to cut $600m to WA schools
May 3, 2013, Hits:146
New South Wales, the state with the most school children of all the states and territories, signed up for Gonski. That means an additional $5 billion will flow to NSW schools over the next six years. These extra funds will go where they are needed mo...
Read moreThe OECD Endorses Gonski
May 2, 2013, Hits:143
The OECD has endorsed the thrust of the Gonski report on school funding. The endorsement adds weight to the calls for state and territory governments to support the new school funding plan based on the Gonski report. The Education Policy Outlook on ...
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