One of the recommendations from the Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse was to provide an alternative avenue for redress for survivors of sexual abuse while they were children within the care of an institution to a common law, civil, action. It was first announced by the Commonwealth government on 26 October…
We are regularly asked how long schools are required or simply expected to keep records. Our response usually refers to the Records Retention & Disposal Schedule for Non-Government Schools prepared by the Australian Society of Archivists as reflecting the ‘best practice’ in this area. A new Records Retention & Disposal Schedule for Non-Government Schools, 2nd…
Just a reminder that the Nationally Consistent Collection of Data on School Students with Disability (NCCD) will be included in the general school Census this year rather than as a parallel collection. Consequently NCCD data will need to be submitted within the regular ‘window’ for the submission of Census data, the key dates being: Census…
The ACNC released their annual Compliance Report for 2017 earlier this year. A copy is available on their website here. The Report contains a range of useful information on the ACNC’s enforcement activities. While much of these are based on community complaints the Report indicates that at the end of 2017, the ACNC conducted proactive…
The report from the Review to Achieve Educational Excellence in Australian Schools that was led by David Gonski has been publicly released. The Government has accepted all the recommendations in-principle, and David Gonski will brief state and territory education ministers at a special meeting of the Education Council this Friday, 4 May in Adelaide. Given…
In November 2016 the Human Rights Sub-Committee, chaired by the Hon. Kevin Andrews, of the Joint Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade was tasked with examining ‘the status of the freedom of religion or belief … around the world, including in Australia.’ CSA made a joint submission with Adventist Schools Australia to the…
The final report of the Independent Review into Regional, Rural and Remote Education, conducted by Emeritus Professor John Halsey was released and discussed at the Education Council meeting held recently in Adelaide. Professor Halsey identified four priorities from his 11 recommendations: establishing a national focus for regional, rural and remote education, training and research to…
The Chief Scientist, Dr Alan Finkel AO presented the final report of the STEM Partnerships Forum to the Education Council meeting held recently. The STEM Partnerships Forum was established in 2017 and brings together leaders from industry and education to facilitate a more strategic approach to school-based partnerships with businesses and industry across Australia in…
Early Bird Registrations Extended for Christian Schools National Business Conference Early Bird Registrations have been extended until Friday, 20th April 2018 for the Christian Schools National Business Conference . The biennial Christian Schools National Business Conference to be held at the Novotel Brighton Beach, Sydney, 31st October – 1st November is an outstanding opportunity to…
