SchoolFunding

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From the President: Welcome back!

Dear Members, Welcome back to school for 2025! This year marks an exciting new chapter for education in the Northern Territory. For the first time ...
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Bilingual Education Targeted Funding RESTORED for 2025

The initial decision to roll bilingual education funding into the Student Needs-Based Funding Formula (SNBFF) caused significant concern for the schools currently running these valuable ...
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NTG agrees to phase out attendance-based funding

Click here to read about the review of the NT’s inequitable ‘effective enrolment’ funding formula.

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Member Bulletin Number 12 2020

In this bulletin:
• NT budget: say no to a 4-year pay freeze
• Branch Executive elections – ballot opens 30 November

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Member Bulletin Number 11 2020

In this bulletin:
• School funding for 2021
• Some good news on infrastructure
• School term dates consultation
• Union ...

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Alekarenge: the school Australia forgot

The predicament of Alekarenge school highlights the problems with a lack of school infrastructure spending.

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Member Bulletin Number 5 2019

In this bulletin:
• Federal election – change the government
• NT Budget shows pressure on education funding
• Annual Conference a ...

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Member Bulletin Number 4 2019

In this bulletin:
• Federal Budget bad for NT public schools
• Branch Conference set to be big
• Quality Educator Award ...

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Crunch time on school funding

The future of the Territory’s public schools is on the line at the federal election, writes Branch President Jarvis Ryan