Fusion Party Australia<p>Education, by its very nature, is the ultimate plan for the future; it is the belief that time and effort spent learning today will be justified multiple times over by the gains it will produce in the future.</p><p>Today's students are tomorrow's scientists, engineers, artists, writers and leaders, so any investment in education is an investment in our country.</p><p>The future funding of every public school in Australia is being decided by the politicians in the next 12 months. Full funding of public schools is the best investment we could make for our future.</p><p>98% of public schools are resourced below the Schooling Resource Standard (SRS).</p><p>When it comes to inequity in access to educational staff and resources, Australia is by far the most inequitable in correlation to wealthy comparator countries.</p><p>Understaffing and excessive workloads for teachers are leading to higher attrition rates and growing shortages.</p><p>"Achieving greater equity in education is not only a social justice imperative, it is also a way to use resources more effectively, increase the supply of skills that fuel economic growth, and promote social cohesion."<br>Angel Gurria<br>Former OECD Secretary General</p><p>Fusion supports education for life and we call for:</p><p>Access to education to be readily available, not limited by distance or location, supporting optimal utilisation of information and technology as the world rapidly evolves.</p><p>Implement needs based funding (Gonski reforms), which remain unaddressed since 2013.</p><p>Incentivise teachers to work in disadvantaged, rural, and remote schools.</p><p>Provide training and support for workers transitioning from disrupted industries and professions to related positions in newly enabled industries.</p><p><a href="https://www.fusionparty.org.au/education_for_life" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">fusionparty.org.au/education_f</span><span class="invisible">or_life</span></a></p><p><a href="https://www.foreverychild.au/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">foreverychild.au/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p><a href="https://assets.nationbuilder.com/aeu/pages/3265/attachments/original/1690765627/ForEveryChild.pdf?1690765627" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">assets.nationbuilder.com/aeu/p</span><span class="invisible">ages/3265/attachments/original/1690765627/ForEveryChild.pdf?1690765627</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/Fusion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Fusion</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/FusionParty" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FusionParty</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/Auspol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Auspol</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/AustraliaVotes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AustraliaVotes</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/Education" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Education</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/EducationForLife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>EducationForLife</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/ForEveryChild" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ForEveryChild</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/Public" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Public</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/School" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>School</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/Youth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Youth</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/Australia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Australia</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/Student" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Student</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/Teacher" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Teacher</span></a></p>