The Hon Julia Gillard MP
- Minister for Employment
Welcome to the media centre archive for The Hon Julia Gillard MP, former Minister for Education, Minister for Employment and Workplace Relations, Minister for Social Inclusion, Prime Minister. This site contains material issued by Ministers and Parliamentary Secretaries in the Education, Employment and Workplace Relations portfolio.
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Early childhood education target to be achieved in 2013
There are now more Indigenous children than ever before with access to preschool or kindergarten programs as a result of the Gillard Government’s unprecedented efforts to Close the Gap on…
Sydney English teacher takes out PM’s favourite teacher prize
An English teacher at Mary MacKillop College in south-west Sydney, has taken out the title of Australia’s Favourite Teacher after a national competition launched by the Prime Minister in October. Mar
High quality education for every Australian child
The Gillard Government has taken the next step towards a National Plan for School Improvement with the introduction to Parliament today of the Australian Education Bill 2012.
Launch of National Telework Week
The Prime Minister today committed the Australian Public Service (APS) to achieving the goal of 12 per cent of APS employees regularly teleworking by 2020 at the launch of National Telework Week…
Call for students to join Facebook's anti-bullying campaign
The Australian Government is partnering with Facebook and two youth not-for-profit groups, headspace and PROJECT ROCKIT, to take a stand against cyber bullying through the…
Locking in funds for historic equal pay rises
The Gillard Government will introduce legislation tomorrow to ensure its $2.8 billion contribution to equal pay increases for social and community sector (SACS) workers is secure now and into the…
Better Schools: A National Plan for School Improvement
$3 billion for social and community sector workers
The Gillard Government will provide an additional $1 billion as part of our contribution to the historic pay rise awarded to Australia’s social and community sector (SACS) workers in February of…
Government and Woolworths help Australians to find work
Australians looking for work will be given assistance through a landmark jobs compact between the Gillard Government and Woolworths.
My School gives parents more information than ever
Australian parents and teachers can now track how children have improved over time in the key areas of literacy and numeracy with the launch of the newest version of the My School website.
Towards a new school funding system
Funding arrangements in Australian schools are failing to get the best results for students, are complicated and lack transparency, the first comprehensive report into school funding since 1973…
Australians encouraged to make 2012 a year of reading
Prime Minister Julia Gillard today encouraged children and parents to read together for an hour a week as part of a new national campaign to improve literacy.