The Hon Kevin Rudd MP
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Better Schools: before and after
Parents will be given help with the daily school drop-off and pick-up rush hours through a new initiative to expand outside school hours care and deliver greater flexibility and quality in these…
Victoria signs up to the Better Schools Plan
Today the Australian and Victorian Governments reached an historic agreement to deliver long term improvements under the Better Schools Plan for each and every one of the 870,000 students…
Catholic systemic schools to benefit from Better Schools Plan
Catholic systemic schools across Australia will benefit from extra funding and more resources after the National Catholic Education Commission (NCEC) and the Australian Government today reached an…
Historic agreement reached with Independent schools
Today the Australian Government and Independent Schools Council of Australia (ISCA) reached an historic agreement that will deliver real benefits to 562,000 students in independent schools across…
Tasmania signs up to national education reforms
Today the Australian and Tasmanian Governments have reached an historic agreement that will deliver long term improvements for every one of the more than 81,000 school students in Tasmania.
Progress meeting on better schools plan
The Prime Minister and the Minister for Education yesterday met with representatives from the National Catholic Education Commission (NCEC) who welcomed the progress made in negotiating a new…
Pacific and East Timor workers helping Australian farmers and tourism industry
Australian farmers will be able to employ workers from the Pacific Region and East Timor under a permanent Seasonal Worker Program announced by Minister for Employment, Workplace Relations,…
New reports show decline in Asian Language Education in schools under the previous government
The Government today released four new reports on the teaching of Asian languages in Australian schools that make plain the decline in Asian language learning that happened under the previous…