Morrison bid to protect gay kids
Scott Morrison will move to legislate protections for gay and trans students and ensure non-state schools do not expel them.
Education
Gillard anti-gay laws ‘out of date’
Just hours after his deputy said Labor had “no plans” to change Gillard-era anti-gay laws, Bill Shorten contradicts Tanya Plibersek.
Labor’s Christmas carol flip-flop Labor’s ‘flip-flop’ on Christmas
Labor has been accused of ‘flip-flopping’ over a move to require students at SA public schools to opt in to religious activities.
Morrison slams Fairfax claims
The PM says a report on religious freedom actually focused on the interests of the child, and he’s surprised so many bought Fairfax’s line.
Classroom warfare as both sides draw electoral battlelines
Labor will try to maximise pressure on the government by taking its $14 billion schools funding announcement on a roadshow.
Focus to limit school exemptions
Contrary to reports elsewhere, a focus of the Ruddock review is to formalise restricting the rejection by schools of gay staff, students.
ALP schools plan ‘will hike taxes’
Scott Morrison says Labor’s promise of an extra $14 billion over a decade for public schools will lead to an increase in taxes.
Gay discrimination ‘existing law’
Scott Morrison says it is “existing law” for religious schools to have the right to discriminate against gay students and teachers.
ALP’s $14bn public school drive
Governments would have to sign up to new teaching standards in return for a $14bn school funding boost, under a Labor plan.
Oxbridge, Yale backed ANU’s Ramsay stance
Vice-chancellor Brian Schmidt says the heads of top universities agreed with the ANU’s decision.
OFF WITH THE CAMPUS GAG
Funding ought to be linked to a university’s free speech guarantee.
Andrews comes to Catholics’ aid
The Victorian government has promised to triple its investment in the non-government schooling sector over the next four year.
‘Abbott has wrong end of stick’
Indigenous education advocate Cindy Berwick took a swipe at Tony Abbott’s suitability for his Indigenous envoy role on an education-themed Q&A.
Stokes defends school funding
NSW Education Minister defends spending millions on demountable classrooms, saying 12 major projects would be delivered this year.
hopes for a united front to tackle education have faded
The Melbourne Declaration turns 10 with students struggling and still no consensus.
Uni chiefs’ free-speech alert Uni chiefs unite against attacks on freedom of speech
University heads have warned of the urgent need to take a stand against encroaching threats to free speech in tertiary institutions.
Shorten outflanks Coalition
Bill Shorten’s preschool policy was released ahead of the PM’s own plans to extend the current arrangements for four-year-olds.
Investment cut to fund kindies
Bill Shorten says changes to negative gearing and the capital gains tax will fund his $10bn package to boost preschool access.
Unis becoming ‘closed shops’
Heads of Australia’s universities have been urged to resist the lure of social justice activism or risk damage to their reputations.
NSW ‘keeps $330m from schools’
The NSW government has been accused of underfunding its public schools by $330m since 2013.
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