[page updated 24 May 2018]
See more details in the QTU member newsflash 12-18, 27 June 2018
Ballot summary (as at 22 June) | For | Against |
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1. THAT QTU members urge the Turnbull government to immediately reverse its $1.9 billion cut to state schools in 2018/19 and remove the 20 per cent cap on the Commonwealth Government contribution to the schooling resource standard (SRS) for state schools. | 15,863 (99%) | 140 |
2. THAT QTU members acknowledge the success of the Investing for Success (I4S) program and demand the Commonwealth and Queensland governments fund 100 per cent of the SRS to state schools by 2023. | 15,854 (99%) | 131 |
3. THAT QTU members call on the Turnbull government to contribute to capital funding for state schools’ facilities in Queensland | 15,856 (99%) | 114 |
4. THAT QTU members reiterate support for a ballot for industrial action to ban unacceptable or unsupported changes (such as a standardised phonics assessment for six-year old’s) that the federal government attempts to impose as part of funding arrangements. | 15,560 (97%) | 411 (2%) |
5. THAT we the QTU members support the Change the Rules campaign to achieve: secure jobs for employees, better pay risings, a living wage – not just minimum wages, fair bargaining processes and enforceable rights for workers and their unions. | 15,797 (98%) | 200 (1%) |
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Recommendations in the Report released today require significant resources, yet PM Malcolm Turnbull has cut $1.9 billion funding to public schools over the next two years alone.
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Review to Achieve Educational Excellence in Australian Schools
The Panel for the Review was established in July 2017 to examine evidence and make recommendations on how school funding should be used to improve school performance and student outcomes. The Review Panel was chaired by Mr David Gonski AC. -
Report: Through Growth to Achievement: Report of the Review to Achieve Education Excellence in Australian Schools
Links to the report (word and pdf)
Today, 28 March 2018 the AEU is launching the new phrase of our schools funding campaign – Fair Funding Now!
We are in Canberra with principals and parents from throughout Australia to launch our new campaign name and to ensure that political leaders hear how important the funding of public schools is to the community.
We are in Parliament speaking directly with politicians from all political parties and sharing with them what we want them to commit to on behalf of our members.
Today we are also launching online with a new website, launch video, updated Facebook, Instagram and Twitter accounts and sending e-mails to all our members and community supporters asking them to be part of this new phase of our campaign for fairly funded public schools.
We are calling for political parties to commit to
- reverse the Turnbull Governments $1.9 billion cut to public schools in 2018 and 2019,
- ensure all public schools are funded to 100 per cent of the Schooling Resource Standard (SRS) by 2023,
- remove the 20 per cent cap on the Commonwealth share of the SRS from the Australian Education Amendment Act,
- establish a capital fund for public schools to upgrade school buildings and classrooms and
- reverse the cuts to disability funding.
We are calling for political parties to commit to
- reverse the Turnbull Governments $1.9 billion cut to public schools in 2018 and 2019,
- ensure all public schools are funded to 100 per cent of the Schooling Resource Standard (SRS) by 2023,
- remove the 20 per cent cap on the Commonwealth share of the SRS from the Australian Education Amendment Act,
- establish a capital fund for public schools to upgrade school buildings and classrooms and
- reverse the cuts to disability funding.
Download the AEU report - click on the image below: