This document details the next steps in the Government’s reforms of the tertiary education system as part of the Mid-Year Economic and Fiscal Outlook 2024–25. It covers the establishment of the Australian Tertiary Education Commission and significant reforms to how universities are funded, including through a new managed growth funding system and needs-based funding.

The primary objective of this annual report is to meet the requirements under section 127 of the Australian Education Act 2013 (the Act). The report provides a brief overview of the current funding arrangements for schools and the type of financial assistance provided by the Australian Government.

The Future Leaders Program (FLP) pilot focused on testing a new approach to professional development for aspiring school leaders to increase the supply, quality and retention of school leaders in regional and remote Australia. This report sets out findings on the design, implementation, outputs and outcomes of the FLP for the first and second cohorts...

This strategy sets out the desired features of Australia’s National Digital Research Infrastructure (NDRI) ecosystem to ensure it can meet the rapidly growing demand for increasingly complex digital tools and services that NDRI provides. It outlines key challenges facing NDRI users and providers and articulates high level actions to address these. Achieving the outcomes of...

The Australian Government has committed to implementing a new Needs-based Funding system as a core component of funding for higher education teaching and learning. This paper outlines the proposed key elements.