Election disaster

There’s no getting around it. The election result will have profound and negative impacts on our schools, TAFEs and early childhood centres. We find ourselves faced with a hostile federal government who offer no fair funding for public schools, no permanent federal funding for preschools and no support for TAFE.

For those of us who care about public education, this result comes as a blow. But there is much to be positive about. 

Thank you all for your hard work. While it’s no consolation, the result of these efforts is that we managed to contribute to the demise of two Liberal Party MPs in the seats of Corangamite and Dunkley and helped ensure that the Liberals didn’t pick up any new seats in Victoria.