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Anthony Albanese and Labor promised a lot to voters. Here’s when it should be delivered.

Here’s everything Albanese and Labor promised you – and when you can expect it

Here’s everything we know about the major policies unveiled by Anthony Albanese and Labor – and what you can expect from them in government.

  • Nick Bonyhady and Natassia Chrysanthos

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Opposition Leader Peter Dutton will link the plan for new vocational training colleges to the Coalition’s other policies on skills and housing.

Coalition makes first major school announcement with training college network

The $260 million pledge to build 12 technical colleges for high school students is a move towards teaching skills rather than pushing students into university.

  • Natassia Chrysanthos
Zeke Dumbleton, 10, and his mum, Greta, at Parramatta East Public School.

In five years, Zeke has never had a classroom inside his school’s building

Parramatta East Public School, like many in the region, has been over its student cap for years, but now new funding will bring its classes out of demountables.

  • Mostafa Rachwani
Teacher Lidia Cummins with grade 1 students at Bentleigh West Primary, where maths is taught in an explicit, systematic way. The school’s NAPLAN results are among the best in the state.

‘Unproven’ teaching methods have failed primary students and teachers

Students’ maths abilities have been compromised over decades, with “faddish, unproven” teaching methods failing to get results. But these schools have found the secret to success.

  • Bridie Smith
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The three rules that rocketed this Sydney school up the HSC rankings

Boys are over-represented among struggling school students and under-represented in policy attention. Here’s how Balgowlah Boys and Marist College Eastwood found success.

  • Lucy Carroll
School funding.

We learnt how much funding NSW schools receive: What does yours get?

Top selective schools James Ruse and North Sydney Boys benefited from parent contributions upwards of $2000 per student. Search our table to see how your school fares.

  • Christopher Harris
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Premier David Crisafulli and Prime Minister Anthony Albanese announce the new school funding deal in Canberra.

Queensland investing less in state school students than every other state, except Victoria

Queensland students have been receiving thousands of dollars less in state government funding than their interstate counterparts, data reveals. 

  • Marissa Calligeros
Queenwood Senior Girls School year 9 students Evie Davis, Sonia Punter and Chloe Abbott attended a pelvic pain workshop yesterday at the school in Mosman. MARCH 21, 2025. Photo: Max Mason-Hubers

This program is helping girls stay in school, but NSW students are missing out

NSW is the only state that doesn’t fund endometriosis and pain workshops for public school students despite research revealing one in four girls miss classes due to period pain.

  • Emily Kaine and Angus Thomson
Where in Melbourne would you find the “Castle on the Hill”?

The 100 most expensive Melbourne public schools revealed

Parents at some public schools are paying thousands more in voluntary fees than parents at schools in other areas.

  • Alex Crowe
Victorian private school parents face rising tuition fees.

The WA electorates where private schools are fronting the fight against funding cuts

Independent Schools Australia named the two WA federal seats in a list of 17 across Australia with a significant proportion of independent school families living within their boundaries that will become focus areas for their new campaign.

  • Holly Thompson

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