This report discusses the findings of an investigation into student attendance in Australian schools for Education Ministers. it presents the findings of: analysis of attendance data, a rapid literature review on barriers to attendance, and a rapid literature review on approaches to supporting attendance and addressing student absence.

This report presents the findings from a rapid literature review of the barriers to school attendance and reasons for student absence. It discusses the strength of evidence related to barriers and reasons for absence across the different systems influencing young people’s development.

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.

This report explores how four dimensions of digital equity – access, data, design, and use – each contribute to or hinder educational equity. It finds that although technology can help bridge learning gaps it can also exacerbate existing disadvantages. The authors argue that Australian students need a digital equity guarantee to prevent the existing digital...

This report highlights the urgent need to address the shortfall in funding for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander boarding students. It calls for a sustainable funding model that offers Indigenous boarding schools the certainty they need to plan for the future, and will allow schools to attract and retain passionate staff, maintain essential infrastructure, and...