Treasurer Wayne Swan considers $3.9 billion in education cuts contained in the midyear Budget update to be ‘responsible’. Asked about his promise to bring the budget back to surplus…
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Swan calls education cuts ‘responsible’
Labor’s education waste a surplus buster
Julia Gillard and Wayne Swan have overseen ‘historic’ waste and mismanagement in the education portfolio that has vastly contributed to Australia’s spiralling debt and deficit. “The reason Labor has abandoned…
Children of the revolution behind Eastern Europe
International testing showing year four students whose entire schooling occurred under Labor's so-called ‘Education Revolution' are dramatically falling behind by international standards. This testing leaves Labor's education credentials in tatters,…
Less than five minutes on Gonski at COAG
Reports have emerged from the Council of Australian Governments that less than five minutes was spent discussing Labor’s school funding changes, said the Shadow Minister for Education, Christopher Pyne today….
Garrett slurs teachers for NAPLAN pressure
Schools Minister Peter Garrett has today blamed teachers for putting pressure on students in the lead up to the national testing, said the Shadow Minister for Education, Christopher Pyne. A…
Education Bill confirms spin over substance
The Prime Minister has humiliated herself this morning presenting a Bill to the Parliament entirely devoid of any detail and failing to outline Labor’s school funding changes, said the Shadow…
Labor’s Education Bill is simply a PR stunt
The Prime Minister claims she will introduce an entitlement for every child to receive an excellent education this week, but the draft Bill contains no funding, said the Shadow Minister…
My School the source of NAPLAN angst
The publication of raw results on the My School website has transformed national testing from a useful diagnostic tool for parents and teachers into a highly stressful ordeal, said the…
School means test for parents back on the table
The Minister for School Education, Peter Garrett needs to come clean on whether Labor intends to means test the incomes of parents with children in non-government schools, said the Shadow…
Rudd slams Gillard’s education cuts
Reports today that schools are abandoning the Labor Government issued ‘Computers in Schools’ programme highlights the impact of Labor’s cuts to education said the Shadow Minister for Education, Christopher Pyne….