³Ô¹ÏÍøÕ¾ School Reform Agreement Ministerial Reference Group
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1 May 2023 4:12 pm AEST Date Time
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The Hon Jason Clare MP
Minister for Education
Today I am announcing the members of the ³Ô¹ÏÍøÕ¾ School Reform Agreement Ministerial Reference Group.
In March I an Expert Panel, led by Dr Lisa O’Brien AM, that will advise Education Ministers on the specific reforms that should be tied to funding in the next ³Ô¹ÏÍøÕ¾ School Reform Agreement.
This Ministerial Reference Group will be a sounding board and source of advice to the Expert Panel.
The Group will be chaired by me and includes teachers, principals, students, parent organisations, education unions, and other education experts and stakeholders.
The next Education Ministers’ Meeting will dedicate half a day for a discussion with the Expert Panel and the Ministerial Reference Group.
The names of the teachers, principals, and students on the Ministerial Reference Group will be announced closer to this meeting.
Members of the Ministerial Reference Group include:
Teacher nominees from each State and Territory
Student representatives from each State and Territory
Dianne Giblin AM – CEO, Australian Council of State School Organisations
Jenny Branch-Allen – President, Australian Parents Council
Andrea Obeyesekere – Catholic Schools Parents Association
Alana Moller – Federal President, Isolated Children’s Parents’ Association
Andrew Pierpoint – President, Australian Secondary Principals Council
Sally Ruston AM – Acting President, Australian Primary Principals Association
Matthew Johnson – ³Ô¹ÏÍøÕ¾ President, Australian Special Education Principals’ Association
Anne Keary – President, Australian Council of TESOL Associations
Correna Haythorpe – President, Australian Education Union
Kevin Bates – Secretary, Australian Education Union
Meredith Peace – Deputy President, Australian Education Union
Brad Hayes – Federal Secretary, Independent Education Union
The Hon Jacinta Collins – Executive Director, ³Ô¹ÏÍøÕ¾ Catholic Education Commission
Graham Catt – CEO, Independent Schools Australia
Doug Taylor – CEO, The Smith Family
Travers McLeod – Executive Director, Brotherhood of St. Laurence
Professor Linda Graham – Director, QUT Centre for Inclusive Education
David Bromhead – Wellbeing EDvantage
Professor Maree Teesson AC – Centre Director, The Matilda Centre – University of Sydney
Dr Rory Gallagher/Professor David Halpern CBE – Behavioural Insights
Skye Kakoschke-Moore – CEO, Children and Young People with Disability Australia
Christopher Wardlaw PSM OLY – Deputy Chair, Non-Executive Director AITSL
Natalie Howson – Chair, ACT Teacher Quality Institute
Professor Alan Reid – Professor Emeritus at the University of South Australia, and Chair of the Public Education Advisory Committee
Adjunct Professor Susan Pascoe AM – Adjunct Professor at the University of Western Australia and Chair of the Australian Council for International Development
Robyn Evans – President, NSW Primary Principals Association
Valerie Gould – Former Executive Director, Association of Independent Schools of Western Australia
Professor Ruth Wallace – Dean of College of Indigenous Futures, Arts and Society, and Director of the Northern Institute, Charles Darwin University
Dr Regan Neumann – Board of the Queensland College of Teachers
Dr Sally Milbourne – Former President of Tasmanian Principals Association
Derek Scott – Chair, Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority
Mark Grant PSM – CEO, Australian Institute for Teaching and School Leadership
The Hon Fiona Nash – Regional Education Commissioner
Associate Professor Jae Jung – Director, GERRIC – University of New South Wales
Karen Batt – Federal Secretary, CPSU State Public Service Federation
