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Teachers, principals and support workers throng the streets of Melbourne on Tuesday protesting pay, conditions and schools funding.

Pay gap for classroom assistants emerges as flashpoint in Victorian teacher dispute

Education support workers have been offered a lower pay rise than their teaching colleagues.

  • Noel Towell

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Deputy Premier and Minister for Education Ben Carroll says the government is prepared for teacher walk offs.

Principals prepare to join statewide teachers’ strike

As industrial action looms, school leaders have joined teachers in rejecting the government’s pay offer.

  • Noel Towell
Deputy Premier and Minister for Education Ben Carroll says the government is prepared for teacher walk offs.

Schools set to stay open amid teacher strikes, education minister says

Education Minister Ben Carroll insists Labor can keep Victorian government schools open as principals warn families to brace for closures.

  • Chip Le Grand, Nicole Precel and Noel Towell

My son’s school trip to Canberra’s in doubt. That should worry every parent

Swimming lessons, the zoo excursion and overnight camps: these important markers of childhood are now out of reach for many families.

  • Matt Sharpe
Melbourne High School parent contributions were above $2800 per student in 2024.

Victorian parents pay most for public schools as state funding trails the nation

Families are paying $620 on average in voluntary contributions to send a child to a state school, highlighting concerns parents are propping up a fall in government funding. 

  • Nicole Precel and Jackson Graham
St Kilda Park Primary School parents Allison Shanahan, Dr Ross Barham, Elisa Webb and Kara Barbuto say it’s an indictment their school isn’t fully funded.

‘Absolute disgrace’: Choir, sport, aides on the chopping block as education funding falls $2.4b short

The principal of a school within Premier Jacinta Allan’s electorate is among those tearing into the Victorian government’s decision to delay fully funding the Gonski reforms.

  • Rachel Eddie
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Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and Victorian Premier Jacinta Allan announced a year ago they had reached in-principle agreement to fully fund the Gonski reforms.

In the so-called education state, Gonski puts our schools stone-cold last

Who gives a Gonski? Not Victoria. If there was a league table for government school funding, it would rank behind every other state and territory.

  • Chip Le Grand
Melbourne High School is on the list.

More than 200 Victorian public schools urgently need repair. Check if yours is one of them

Records that the Victorian government fought for years to keep secret reveal that one in five of the state’s public schools is in “poor” condition and urgently needs repairs or rebuilding.

  • Grant McArthur
Red Hill Special School is one of 46 state special schools across Queensland – all of which are said to have been impacted by the changes.

Teachers union takes special school funding fight to industrial court

A new model for state schools to support the more than 106,000 students with disability launched at the start of this year. Staff and principals remain concerned.

  • Matt Dennien
Education Minister Ben Carroll says Victoria’s government school teachers, the lowest paid in the country, deserve a ‘proper’ rise.

Teachers promised ‘proper’ pay rise after schools funding falls short

Pressure is mounting on the Victorian government to secure a schools funding agreement with Canberra and deliver a significant pay boost to teachers.

  • Chip Le Grand