Agreements lodged in the June quarter delivered a modest wage increase of 3.9 per cent to Australian employees, according to this report. Across the private sector an increase of 4 per cent was recorded in the June quarter and in the public sector wages increased by 3.9 per cent on average. The overall increase of...

This report presents a comprehensive national mapping of teacher professional learning activities across Australia in both government and non-government sectors. It provides some guidelines for quality professional learning for 21st century educators by drawing from survey and interview data. It recognises there is a correlation between enhancing the skills and knowledge of the education workforce...

For some time now work participation statistics in Australia have confronted us with the apparent prolongation of the disadvantages experienced by some parents in the lives of their offspring. Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS, 1994) data has indicated that young people whose parents are not in work have lower labour force participation rates and higher...

The Early Years Learning Framework describes the principles, practice and outcomes essential to support and enhance young children’s learning from birth to five years of age, as well as their transition to school. The Framework has a strong emphasis on play-based learning as play is the best vehicle for young children’s learning providing the most...

One of the most decisive findings of behavioural and social research has been the economic and social benefits of early education. The scale of those benefits will be outlined after examining the factors that enhance, or impede, a good beginning to children's education. The common ground is children’s readiness to learn in their earliest years...