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Federal, state and territory ministers will develop a national action plan, to be agreed to in December, following a meeting to fix the "massive challenge" of teacher shortages.

Modelling suggests demand for secondary school teachers will outstrip graduates by more than 4,000 in coming years

A regional SA principal says more needs to be done to fix a long-running shortage of teachers in country areas.

A widespread shortage of classroom leaders pushes the federal government to consider radical reforms to get more people to take up the profession or stay longer.

The Victorian Liberals are facing questions over the behaviour of Matthew Guy’s chief of staff, and NSW cabinet members are backing away from supporting beleaguered Trade Minister Stuart Ayres.

The federal education minister will announce a group of eminent Australians to help tackle university affordability and access.

University staff will travel to Canberra to demand an end to the higher education sector using an insecure workforce.

The proportion of Australian university students from under-represented backgrounds has “barely moved” in more than a decade, federal Education Minister Jason Clare noted last week. About 15% of undergraduates came from low-socieconomic-status (SES) backgrounds in 2008, he said, and a target of 20% by 2020 was set. Today the figure…