Education and training choices, skills, outcomes and pathways – like jobs, work and pay – are highly gendered in Australia. This report provides insights on these education and training divides. It shows that gendered patterns in education and training remain deeply entrenched, with little sign of change that could shift Australia’s occupational gender segregation.

This report explores and highlights the experiences of children, young people and their families who have been affected by School Disciplinary Absences (SDAs) involving suspension or exclusion from Queensland state schools. It finds that SDAs can be discriminatory with some cohorts of students receiving SDAs at a higher rate than average.

This report analyses the 2024 Australian Early Development Census results, showing increased levels of developmental vulnerability in Australian children. There is also a continued trend of worrying levels of developmental vulnerability amongst children living in the most disadvantaged areas. It finds that without targeted strategies, educational inequity will deepen, not narrow.

This report summarises the findings of two surveys of nearly 400 children and young people with disability, and parents or caregivers, conducted in 2024 and 2025 as they navigated Australia’s education system. The report is a call to action, outlining key areas of concern and priority for children and young people with disability.

This report is the result of a study tour to Canada to learn more about possible approaches that have significant potential to enhance educational delivery in Australia. Australia’s schools are among the world's most segregated. The report shows that with the right structures, regulations and funding in place, Australia can build an equal school system.