| House of Representatives Standing Committee on Education and Employment

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Chapter 1 Overview of the Australian Education Bill 2012

[1]       House of Representatives Selection Committee, Report No. 73, Consideration of Bills, 29 November 2012, p. 4.

[2]       Senate Selection of Bills Committee, Report No 16 of 2012, 29 November 2012.

[3]       Review of Funding for Schooling Expert Panel (Expert Panel), Review of funding for schooling: final report, Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations (DEEWR), Canberra, December 2011, p. xiii.

[4]       Expert Panel, Review of funding for schooling: final report, DEEWR, December 2011, p. xiii.

[5]       Expert Panel, Review of funding for schooling: final report, DEEWR, December 2011, p. xiii.

[6]       Expert Panel, Review of funding for schooling: final report, DEEWR, December 2011, p. xvii.

[7]       Expert Panel, Review of funding for schooling: final report, DEEWR, December 2011, p. xix.

[8]       The Hon Julia Gillard, Prime Minister, House of Representatives Hansard, Wednesday 28 November 2012, p. 13639. 

[9]       Australian Education Bill 2012 Explanatory Memorandum, p. 1.

[10]     Marilyn Harrington, ‘Australian Education Bill’, Bills Digest No 73 (2012-2013), 11 February 2013, p. 2.

[11]     Ministerial Council for Education, Early Childhood Development and Youth Affairs (MCEECDYA), ‘Melbourne declaration on educational goals for young Australians’, MCEECDYA, Melbourne, December 2008, viewed 28 February 2013, http://www.mceecdya.edu.au/mceecdya/melbourne_declaration,25979.html

[12]     MCEECDYA, ‘Melbourne declaration on educational goals for young Australians’, MCEECDYA, Melbourne, December 2008, viewed 28 February 2013, http://www.mceecdya.edu.au/mceecdya/melbourne_declaration,25979.html

[13]     Australian Education Bill 2012, clause 6. 

[14]     Australian Education Bill, Explanatory Memorandum, p. 1.

[15]     Australian Education Bill 2012, subclause 8(b).

[16]     Mr Tony Cook, Associate Secretary, Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations (DEEWR), Committee Hansard, Canberra, 15 February 2013, p. 8.

[17]     Australian Primary Principals Association (APPA), Submission 3, p. 7; Australian College of Educators (ACE), Submission 21, p. 9; Ms Jane Caro, Committee Hansard, Sydney, 18 February 2013, p. 11.

[18]     Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations (DEEWR), Submission 15, p. 5.

[19]     For more information on the federal funding of schools, see Marilyn Harrington, Background Note: Australian Government funding for schools explained, Australian Parliamentary Library, 8 March 2013, available at <http://parlinfo.aph.gov.au/parlInfo/download/library/prspub/366868/upload_binary/366868.pdf;fileType=application/pdf#search=%22Australian%20government%20funding%20for%20schools%20explained%22 >

[20]     Marilyn Harrington, Background Note: Australian Government funding for schools explained, Australian Parliamentary Library, 8 March 2013, p. 2.

[21]     Marilyn Harrington, Background Note: Australian Government funding for schools explained, Australian Parliamentary Library, 8 March 2013, p. 2.

[22]     Expert Panel, Review of funding for schooling: final report, DEEWR, December 2011, p. 56.

For more information see Marilyn Harrington, Background Note: Australian Government funding for schools explained, Australian Parliamentary Library, 8 March 2013, p. 18.

[23]     The National Partnerships currently funded mirror many of those areas addressed in the Bill, particularly those to be incorporated into the National Plan. A list of the school-related National Partnerships is included in Appendix C.

[24]     Marilyn Harrington, Background Note: Australian Government funding for schools explained, Australian Parliamentary Library, 8 March 2013, p. 18.

[25]     Marilyn Harrington, Background Note: Australian Government funding for schools explained, Australian Parliamentary Library, 8 March 2013, p. 22.

[26]     Schools Assistance Amendment (Financial Assistance) Act 2011 (Cth).

[27]     A school’s SES is calculated by the Australian Bureau of Statistics using census data including three dimensions: income, education and occupation. The SES scores are recalculated every four years according to the latest census data.

[28]     DEEWR, Submission 15.1, Answer to Question on Notice, p. 1; Marilyn Harrington, Background Note: Australian Government funding for schools explained, Australian Parliamentary Library, 8 March 2013, p. 8.

[29]     Expert Panel, Review of funding for schooling: final report, DEEWR, December 2011, pp. 45-47.

[30]     Marilyn Harrington, Background Note: Australian Government funding for schools explained, Australian Parliamentary Library, 8 March 2013, p. 8.

[31]     The current conditions for Commonwealth funding are prescribed by the National Education Agreement for government schools and by the Schools Assistance Act 2008 for non-government schools.

[32]     Australian Education Bill 2012, Explanatory Memorandum, p. 3.

[33]     35^th COAG meeting, COAG Communique, 19 April 2013, p. 2.

[34]     Australian Education Bill 2012,clause 9(b).

[35]     Australian Education Bill 2012, Explanatory Memorandum, pp. 2-3.

[36]     Australian Education Bill 2012, Explanatory Memorandum, p. 3.

[37]     Mr Cook, DEEWR, Committee Hansard, Canberra, 15 February 2013, p. 4.

[38]     Mr Cook, DEEWR, Committee Hansard, Canberra, 15 February 2013, p. 3.

[39]     Mr Cook, DEEWR, Committee Hansard, Canberra, 15 February 2013, p. 10.

[40]     Mr Cook, DEEWR, Committee Hansard, Canberra, 15 February 2013, p. 10.

[41]     Mr Cook, DEEWR, Committee Hansard, Canberra, 15 February 2013, p. 11.

[42]     Mr Cook, DEEWR, Committee Hansard, Canberra, 15 February 2013, p. 4.

[43]     Mr Cook, DEEWR, Committee Hansard, Canberra, 15 February 2013, p. 5.

[44]     Independent Schools Queensland, Submission 6, p. 8.

[45]     Australian Education Bill 2012, subclause 9(c).

[46]     Australian Education Bill 2012, Explanatory Memorandum, p. 3.

[47]     Australian Association of Christian Schools, Submission 23, p. 14; Catholic Schools Office Diocese of Broken Bay, Submission 26, p. 13; Independent Schools Victoria, Submission 41, p. 4; Independent Schools Council of Australia, Submission 17, p. 28;.

[48]     DEEWR, Submission 15.1, p. 1 and Mr Cook, DEEWR, Committee Hansard, Canberra, 14 March 2013, p. 9.

[49]     Australian Education Bill 2012, Explanatory Memorandum, p. 3.

[50]     Mr Cook, DEEWR, Committee Hansard, Canberra, 15 February 2013, p. 7.

[51]     Mr Cook, DEEWR, Committee Hansard, Canberra, 15 February 2013, p. 7.

[52]     Australian Education Bill 2012, Explanatory Memorandum, p. 10.

[53]     For example: Public Policy Institute, Submission 4, p. 4; ACE, Submission 21, p. 2; Catholic Schools Office (Diocese of Broken Bay), Submission 26, p. 5.

[54]     Mr George Kriz, Chief Lawyer, DEEWR, Committee Hansard, Canberra, 15 February 2013, p. 11.

[55]     Mr Kriz, DEEWR, Committee Hansard, Canberra, 15 February 2013, p. 11.

[56]     Mr Cook, DEEWR, Committee Hansard, Canberra, 15 February 2013, p. 7.

[57]     Mr Cook, DEEWR, Committee Hansard, Canberra, 15 February 2013, p. 7; Mr Kriz, DEEWR, Committee Hansard, Canberra, 15 February 2013, p. 11; Mr Kriz, DEEWR, Committee Hansard, Canberra, 14 March 2013, p. 10.

[58]     Mr Kriz, DEEWR, Committee Hansard, Canberra, 14 March 2013, p. 10.

[59]     Mr Kriz, DEEWR, Committee Hansard, Canberra, 14 March 2013, p. 10.

[60]     Standing Order 148.

Chapter 2 Feedback from school communities

[1]       Independent Schools Queensland (ISQ),  Submission 6, p. 2; Independent Schools Council of Australia (ISCA), Submission 17, p. 12; Australian Parents Council (APC), Submission 22, p. 2; Independent Schools Victoria (ISV), Submission 41, p. 4; Australian Special Education Principals Association (ASEPA), Submission 48, p. 4.

[2]       Public Policy Institute (PPI), Submission 4; ISQ, Submission 6, p. 2; ISCA, Submission 17, p. 12; Australian Education Union (AEU), Submission 20, p. 13; Australian College of Educators, (ACE) Submission 21, p. 2; APC, Submission 22, p. 2; ISV, Submission 41, p. 4; ASEPA, Submission 48, p. 4; Mr Peter Levett, Chief Executive Officer, P&Cs Qld, Committee Hansard, Brisbane, 19 February 2013, p. 1.

[3]       Professor Richard Teese, Director, Centre for Research on Education Systems at the University of Melbourne, Committee Hansard, Melbourne, 6 March 2013, pp. 20-22.

[4]       Ministerial Council on Education, Employment, Training and Youth Affairs, Melbourne Declaration on Educational Goals for Young Australians, 2008.

[5]       Australian Secondary Principals Association (ASPA), Submission 11, p. 1; Mr Michael Hall, Board Director, ASPA, Committee Hansard, Canberra, 14 March 2013, p. 1.

[6]       The Smith Family, Submission 25, p. 2;

[7]       Steiner Education Australia (SEA), Submission 34, p. 4.

[8]       FYA, Submission 36, p. 9.

[9]       Independent Education Union (IEU), Submission 49, p. 2.

[10]     Christian Schools Australia (CSA), Submission 19, p. 7; National Catholic Education Commission (NCEC), Submission 30, p. 2; ASPEA, Submission 48, p. 2.

[11]     APPA, Submission 3, p. 2; ISQ, Submission 6, p. 5; Dr Greg Thompson, Submission 16, p. 5; ACE, Submission 21, pp. 4-5; P&Cs Qld, Submission 31, p. 1; FYA, Submission 36, p. 6; P&Cs NSW, Submission 37, p. 2.

[12]     CSA, Submission 19, p. 6.

[13]     The Smith Family, Submission 25, p. 2.

[14]     Australian Federation of Disability Organisations (AFDO), Submission 5, p. 3, 6.

[15]     Acts Interpretation Act 1901, s 15AB.

[16]     ISQ, Submission 6, p. 3; APC, Submission 22, p. 3; P&Cs Qld, Submission 31, p. 2; South Australian Association of School Parents Clubs, (SA-ASPC), Submission 33, p. 3;

[17]     APC, Submission 22, p. 3.

[18]     Mrs Caz Bosch, President, APC, Committee Hansard, Melbourne, 6 March 2013, p. 1.

[19]     APC, Submission 22, p. 3.

[20]     Mr Peter Garrigan, President, ACSSO, Committee Hansard, Melbourne, 6 March 2013, p. 27.

[21]     ASPA, Submission 11, p. 1; ACE, Submission 21, p. 2; P&Cs Qld, Submission 31, p. 2; FYA,  Submission 36, p. 4; P&Cs NSW, Submission 37, p. 6; NDSIRG, Submission 43, p. 7; ASEPA, Submission 48, p. 1.

[22]     FYA, Submission 36, p. 11; ASEPA, Submission 48, p. 1; Mr Levett, P&Cs Qld, Committee Hansard, Brisbane, 19 February 2013, p. 2; ACE, Submission 21, p. 2.

[23]     Review of Funding for Schooling Expert Panel (Expert Panel), Review of funding for schooling: final report, Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations (DEEWR), Canberra, December 2011, p. 105.

[24]     ACE, Submission 21, p. 2.

[25]     Expert Panel, Review of funding for schooling: final report, DEEWR, Canberra, December 2011, p. 105.

[26]     APPA, Submission 3, p. 2; ISQ, Submission 6, p. 5; Dr Thompson, Submission 16, p. 5; ACE, Submission 21, pp. 4-5; P&Cs Qld, Submission 31, p. 1; FYA, Submission 36, p. 6; P&Cs NSW, Submission 37, p. 2.

[27]     APPA, Submission 3, p. 2.

[28]     APPA, Submission 3, p. 2.

[29]     APPA, Submission 3, p. 2.

[30]     FYA, Submission 36, p. 6.

[31]     FYA, Submission 36, p. 6.

[32]     FYA, Submission 36, p. 10.

[33]     ACE, Submission 21, p. 10.

[34]     P&Cs NSW, Submission 37, p. 6.

[35]     Mr Tony Cook, Associate Secretary, DEEWR, Committee Hansard, Canberra, 14 March 2013, pp. 9-10.

[36]     APPA, Submission 3; AFDO, Submission 5; Montessori Australia, Submission 10, p. 3; Association of Heads of Independents Schools of Australia (AHISA), Submission 14, p. 6; The Smith Family, Submission 25, p. 11; Catholic Schools Office (Diocese of Broken Bay), Submission 26, p. 5; P&Cs Qld, Submission 31, p. 1; Australian Professional Teachers Association (APTA), Submission 42, p. 4; Department of Education and Child Development of South Australia, Submission 45, p. 3; Mr Hall, ASPA, Committee Hansard, Canberra, 14 March 2013, p. 1;

[37]     Australian Education Bill 2012, clause 7.

[38]     Department of Education and Child Development of South Australia, Submission 45, p. 8.

[39]     Mr Cook, DEEWR, Committee Hansard, Canberra, 15 February 2013, p. 13.

[40]     Dr Nicole Mockler, Submission 13, p. 1.

[41]     Dr Mockler, Submission 13, p. 2.

[42]     Dr Mockler, Submission 13, p. 2; Dr Nicole Mocker, Committee Hansard, Sydney, 18 February 2013, p. 26.

[43]     AHISA, Submission 14, p. 2.

[44]     Mr Cook, DEEWR, Committee Hansard, Canberra, 15 February 2013, p. 7.

[45]     APPA, Submission 3, p. 4.

[46]     ASPA, Submission 11, p. 2.

[47]     AHISA, Submission 14, p. 4.

[48]     AEU, Submission 20, p. 11.

[49]     Professor Teese, Centre for Research on Education Systems, University of Melbourne, Committee Hansard, Melbourne, 6 March 2013, pp. 20-21.

[50]     APPA, Submission 3, p. 2 – 4.

[51]     APPA, Submission 3, p. 4.

[52]     APPA, Submission 3, p. 6.

[53]     Dr Mockler, Submission 13, p. 3.

[54]     Mrs Sharon Roni, General Manager, P&Cs NSW, Committee Hansard, Sydney, 18 February 2013, pp. 23-24; Professor Robert Tierney, Dean, Faculty of Education and Social Work, University of Sydney, Committee Hansard, Sydney, 18 February 2013, p. 33; Mr Daniel Smith, President, P&C’s QLD, Committee Hansard, Brisbane, 19 February 2013, pp. 2-3; Mr Levett, P&Cs QLD, Committee Hansard, Brisbane, 19 February 2013, p. 3;  Ms Li Tan, Manager, Centre for New Public Education, FYA, Committee Hansard, Melbourne, 6 March 2013, p. 10; Professor Teese, Centre for Educational Systems, Melbourne University, Committee Hansard, Melbourne, 6 March 2013, p. 24; Dr Greg Thompson, Committee Hansard, Melbourne, 6 March 2013, pp. 36-37; Associate Professor Deborah Joy Corrigan, Deputy Dean, Faculty of Education, Monash University, Committee Hansard, Melbourne, 6 March 2013, pp.38-39; Mr Hall, ASPA, Committee Hansard, Canberra, 14 March 2013, pp. 4-5.

[55]     Children with Disability Australia, Submission 28, p. 5.

[56]     APPA, Submission 3, p. 5.

[57]     Not-For-Profit Organisations Alliance, Submission 12, p. 2; AEU, Submission 20, p. 8; The Smith Family, Submission 25, p. 3;

[58]     APPA, Submission 3, p. 3; CSA, Submission 19, p. 10; APTA, Submission 42, p. 4;

[59]     ISCA, Submission 16, p. 14.

[60]     Australian Youth Affairs Coalition, Submission 32, pp. 1-2; FYA, Submission 36, p. 5.

[61]     APPA, Submission 3; AFDO, Submission 5; Montessori Australia, Submission 10, p. 3; AHISA, Submission 14, p. 6; The Smith Family, Submission 25, p. 11; Catholic Schools Office (Diocese of Broken Bay), Submission 26, p. 5; P&Cs Qld, Submission 31, p. 1; APTA, Submission 42, p. 4; Department of Education and Child Development of South Australia, Submission 45, p. 3; Mr Hall, ASPA, Committee Hansard, Canberra, 14 March 2013, p. 1;

[62]     ISCA, Submission 17, p. 15; ISQ, Submission 6, p. 6; AHISA, Submission 14, p. 3.

[63]     ISQ, Submission 6, p. 6.

[64]     ISCA, Submission 17, p. 19.

[65]     AHISA, Submission 14, p. 3.

[66]     Professor Richard Teese, Director, Centre for Research on Education Systems at the University of Melbourne, Committee Hansard, Melbourne, 6 March 2013, pp. 20-22.

[67]     Mr Angelo Gavrielatos, Federal President, Australian Education Union, Committee Hansard, Sydney, 13 February 2013, p. 2.

[68]     Mr Cook, DEEWR, Committee Hansard, Canberra, 14 March 2013, p. 6.

[69]     Ms Caro, Committee Hansard, Sydney, 18 February 2013, p. 11.

[70]     Ms Therese Temby, Chair, National Catholic Education Commission, Committee Hansard, Canberra, 15 February 2013, p. 22.

[71]     Ms Caro, Committee Hansard, Sydney, 18 February 2013, p. 11.

[72]     Professor Teese, Centre for Research on Education Systems, University of Melbourne, Committee Hansard, Melbourne, 6 March 2013, pp. 23-24.

[73]     AEU, Submission 20, p. 4. See also ACSSO, Submission 38, p. 1

[74]     Mr Hall, ASPA, Committee Hansard, Canberra, 14 March 2013, p. 2.

[75]     AFDO, Submission 5, p. 5. See also, Children with Disability Australia, Submission 28, p. 4.

[76]     ASEPA, Submission 48, p. 2.

[77]     AFDO, Submission 5, p. 3.

[78]     AFDO, Submission 5, p. 4.

[79]     AFDO, Submission 5, p. 4

[80]     Mr Stephen Gianni, National Policy Officer, Australian Federation of Disability Organisations, Committee Hansard, Melbourne, 6 March 2013, p. 15.

[81]     Ms Kerrie Nelson, Deputy Chairperson, National Independent Special Schools Association, (NISSA) Committee Hansard, Sydney, 18 February 2013, p. 45.

[82]     Ms Nelson, NISSA, Committee Hansard, Sydney, 18 February 2013, p. 45.

[83]     DEEWR, Report of the Review of the Disability of Standards for Education, Canberra, June 2012, available at: http://foi.deewr.gov.au/system/files/doc/other/report_on_the_review_of_disability_standards_for_education_2005.pdf.

[84]     Isolated Children’s Parents’ Association Qld (ICPA-Qld), Submission 18, pp. 1-2; Isolated Children’s Parents’ Association NSW (ICPA-NSW), Submission 39, p. 2; Mrs Judy Newton, Federal President, Isolated Children’s Parents’ Association (ICPA), Committee Hansard, Canberra, 15 February 2013, p. 31.

[85]     ICPA-NSW, Submission 39, p. 2.

[86]     ICPA-Qld, Submission 18, pp. 1-2; ICPA-NSW, Submission 39, p. 2; Mrs Newton, ICPA, Committee Hansard, Canberra, 15 February 2013, p. 31.

[87]     ICPA-Qld, Submission 18, pp. 1-2.

[88]     Mrs Newton, ICPA, Committee Hansard, Canberra, 15 February 2013, p. 31.

[89]     Mrs Newton, ICPA, Committee Hansard, Canberra, 15 February 2013, p. 31.

[90]     Mrs Newton, ICPA, Committee Hansard, Canberra, 15 February 2013, p. 31.

[91]     Mrs Newton, ICPA, Committee Hansard, Canberra, 15 February 2013, p. 32.

[92]     The Hon Julia Gillard MP, Prime Minister, House of Representatives Hansard, Wednesday 28 November 2012, p. 13639.

[93]     PPI, Submission 4, p. 6;  AEU, Submission 20, p. 13; ACE, Submission 21, p. 3; Catholic Schools Office (Diocese of Broken Bay), Submission 26, p. 5; SEA, Submission 34, p. 4; ISV, Submission 41, p. 5;

[94]     DEEWR, Submission 15, p. 6.

[95]     Mr Cook, DEEWR, Committee Hansard, Canberra 15 February 2013, p. 6; Mr Cook, DEEWR, Committee Hansard, Canberra, 14 March 2013, p. 7.

[96]     DEEWR, Submission 15, p. 6.

[97]     Mr Cook, DEEWR, Committee Hansard, Canberra, 14 March 2013, p. 7.

[98]     ISCA, Submission 17, p. 12; CSA, Submission 19, p. 7; AACS, Submission 23, p. 7; Catholic Schools Office (Diocese of Broken Bay), Submission 26, p. 5;

[99]     Mr Cook, DEEWR, Committee Hansard, Canberra, 14 March 2013, p. 7.

[100]   ISQ, Submission 6, p. 3.

[101]   Mr Cook, DEEWR, Committee Hansard, Canberra, 14 March 2013, p. 8.

[102]   Professor Teese, Centre for Education Systems, University of Melbourne, Committee Hansard, Melbourne, 6 March 2013, p. 26.

[103]   Mr Kriz, DEEWR, Committee Hansard, Canberra, 14 March 2013, p. 10.

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