📚Over 29,000 Victorian students are enrolled in the VCE Vocational Major, a 30% increase since 2023.🎓 The program blends classroom learning with hands-on skills for careers in construction, health & other key industries.👷‍♀️ #TheIndianSun @BenCarrollMP 🔗 https://t.co/oQCbPLyXNs

I’m not an advocate of students being out of school. But I am an advocate of safe classrooms. Students don’t learn in classrooms where they don’t feel safe and can’t concentrate. Principals are using these expanded powers as a last resort to protect their staff and students.

Western Chances is an organisation that turns the postcode lottery of your birth into changing people's lives for the better. I took the opportunity on World Teachers Day to speak directly to teachers about the importance of nationally competitive wages as one way to recognise

In 2022 we created the School Community Safety Order Scheme so principals could make orders that meant parents engaging in harmful, threatening or abusive behaviour had to leave school grounds. Now, we’re going further. We're working to strengthen the scheme, by looking at

Earlier this month, we celebrated the 40th anniversary of Victoria’s first Occupational Health and Safety Act. This Act paved the way for creating the role of the Health and Safety Representative as we know it today. Victoria is now one of the safest places to work in the world

Congratulations Alice! Recognised with an award for outstanding primary teachers, she’s known for her incredible focus on explicit instruction to help young learners thrive. Alice Jury is leading the way when it comes to the rollout of phonics in Victorian schools. I recently

Robert Harrow is an exemplary secondary school leader at Victorian College for the Deaf - and he's just won an Outstanding Secondary Teacher Award for his leadership. Incredibly, the college has enrolled students in the VCE for the first time in 15 years thanks to his work

Laptops and devices can be expensive – and when you have a few kids, it can add up. That’s why we're helping parents save money by not requiring they buy laptops in primary school - saving them more than $500 per student. From 2027 we’re requiring primary schools to provide

We gave principals stronger tools to keep their schools safe, when student behaviour outside school or online puts fellow students and staff at serious risk.

In his article last week, @BenCarrollMP acknowledged what we consistently hear in our inquiries and consultations with young people: Schools can play a vital and protective role as hubs for the services that engage young people and build safer and more supportive communities

High Intensity OSHC provides free, tailored care for children with disabilities who attend specialist schools, offering high educator-to-child ratios and enriching activities. The 6 new schools are Ascot Vale Heights School, Ashwood School, Niddrie Autistic School, Peninsula

It’s no secret that making sure our wonderful teachers, principals and school staff are safe and supported at work is one of my top priorities. Unfortunately though, workplace violence and aggression remains too common in our schools. Our teachers and school staff deserve to

Schools can and should be a place where young people feel connected, with a sense of belonging. Strengthening these important bonds is at the heart of how we keep communities together.

From Day 1 of the Metro Tunnel opening in December to 1 February 2026, Victorians can travel anywhere on the public transport network without tapping on or off on weekends.

Overseas studies show that children learning by the phonics method are two years ahead of their peers. In Victoria we are proving it too! It’s why we’re putting phonics at the heart of teaching children to read. It’s why #Victoria leads the nation and remains the

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It’s coming.

Peter Hitchener is a Melbourne legend. Tonight he’ll notch up his 10,000th news bulletin on @9NewsMelb. He’ll do it with the same level of dedication, honesty and enthusiasm that he’s always had. Thanks Peter for your years of service, and behind the screen advocacy for