The Latest Breaking News from Jason Clare

A senior Albanese government minister hints that people who have expressed anti-Semitic comments like those made by American rapper Kanye West have had their visas refused, after the opposition leader calls for him to be prevented from possibly travelling to the country.

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The Productivity Commission blasts Australia's national education strategies, saying they have done "little" to improve student outcomes over the past five years.

Teachers who spend four years in a very remote community can now have their HECS debts waived, but teacher Daniel McLaren says that's not the best reason to do it.

All year, we have heard reports of a “crisis” in Australian schools, thanks to a shortage of teachers around the country. Federal education department modelling shows there will be a high school teacher shortfall of about 4,000 by 2025.

Australia’s education minister Jason Clare says government still committed to schools getting 100% ‘fair funding’

A review has found the NT's effective enrolment policy — which funded schools based on attendance rather than enrolment — was not meeting students' need, but the switch to a new system could take years.

The Home Affairs Minister has emerged from a meeting with a group of Sydney mayors saying there has been a lot of misinformation about ISIS-linked returnees.

At least 1.2 million families are expected to benefit from a law to make child care cheaper from July 1 next year.

Education Minister Jason Clare has released a draft plan to address what he calls an “unprecedented” teacher shortage in Australia.

The federal education minister has highlighted the disparity in student achievement based on family income ahead of national school reform agreement talks.