2014 Media Releases

5 June 2014

Government to cut 583 secular welfare officers as revamped Chaplaincy program takes funding from real needs in schools

The Federal Government will end the jobs of 583 secular welfare officers in schools as it uses its $245.3 million Chaplaincy program to push religion into public schools, Senate Estimates revealed last night.

29 May 2014

Abbott must tell us whether the Federal Government is abandoning government schools

Prime Minister Tony Abbott must confirm whether he is planning to abandon government schools after extraordinary claims by Education Minister Christopher Pyne that he doesn’t feel responsible for them.

22 May 2014

Public Education Day sees public schools under attack by Abbott Government

The Abbott Government’s abandoning of Gonski funding will hurt public school students across Australia and entrench disadvantage in our school system, the AEU said today.