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Federal Education Minister Jason Clare's visit to Western Australia paints ambitious goals to reform all levels of schooling.

The federal government has finalised the international student allocations for 2026, with Western Australia receiving 10 per cent of the additional places for universities.

The early childhood education sector has recently received state and federal funding.

Some Western Australian universities have weighed in and welcomed the federal government's increased threshold for international students' intake for 2026.

The federal government has pledged to reduce all student debts by 20 per cent, which would wipe more than $16 billion owed by millions of Australians.

Cowan MP Anne Aly has been promoted to the cabinet, picking up two ministerial portfolios in Prime Minister Anthony Albanese's cabinet reshuffle.

Questions are being raised as to whether high remuneration for vice-chancellors delivers value to universities and their communities.

The federal government will subside three days of childcare per week for families earning up to $530,000, under an election commitment unveiled today.

A wage increase for workers in the early education sector has been flagged, but not all educators are confident of the government promise.

The federal government has proposed to cap international student enrolments in the country to 270,000, including individual limits for each institution.

A new set of principles will provide a comprehensive framework for fortifying governance within Australian universities.

More than a dozen Western Australian schools will share a $25 million funding pool to build or upgrade its infrastructure.

As borrowers wait to see what the central bank does next week, the federal opposition has castigated three Labor premiers for publicly hoping for a rate cut.

The state and federal governments have committed to invest $1.6 billion towards education in WA, which will make it the first state where all public schools will be fully funded.

A review into safeguards in early childhood education indicates a big push towards stricter abuse reporting.

The University of Notre Dame Australia has received federal government funding to support a proposed medical school at its Broome campus, which could accommodate 20 students a year.

A model born in Geraldton is part of the solution to a growing problem in the tertiary education system.

WA's universities applaud the plan to remove the controversial threshold, which affected disadvantaged students.

The education minister has warned that childcare centres lifting fees are in the sights of the ACCC as subsidies for parents increase.

The Dawkins reforms were a game changer for higher education in Australia.

WA university tops the nation in survey of job-ready graduates.

University mergers could be back on the table in WA as another state takes firm steps towards amalgamating two of its biggest institutions.

A federal review of the tertiary sector is slated to begin this year.

Immediate investments in skills training and increasing opportunities for students from low socio-economic backgrounds loom as key targets of the government's universities accord.

Parliamentarians are questioning the governor-general's role in Scott Morrison's secret appointment to five additional portfolios while he was prime minister.

Runaway inflation and anaemic wages growth could bite for WA's cash-flush universities.

Reforming childcare and higher education policy shape as top priorities for Labor in its first term in government.

Anthony Albanese has announced his 23-person cabinet with some major responsibilities for Western Australians in the outer ministry.