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Submissions
The Australian Learning Lecture makes submissions to national inquiries about what matters in education, contributing to the national conversation about learning.
Productivity Commission submission
September 11, 2025
The Australian Learning Lecture, in conjunction with Chris Bonnor and Tom Greenwell, has put in a submission to the Productivity Commission’s interim report, Building a skilled and adaptable workforce.
Our submission argues that by itself the strategy outlined in the report will fall well short of expectations. The problem lies in section one, The best resources to improve school student outcomes. This section reflects a ...
Submission:Building a skilled and adaptable workforce
September 10, 2025
This submission is a response to the interim report, Building a skilled and adaptable workforce.
The report’s strategy of improving school student outcomes - by improving access to high-quality, accredited curriculum and lesson planning materials and diffusing the best innovations in educational technology across the country – is well-stated in the report.
But by itself the strategy will fall well short of ...
ENHANCED MEASUREMENT AND REPORTING TO PROMOTE CHOICE
February 15, 2024
A CALL TO COMMIT TO ALL RECOMMENDATIONS, MORE TRANSPARENCY AND GOOD GOVERNANCE
Australian Learning Lecture calls on all governments and political parties to commit to the full implementation of the recommendations to enhance socio-economic diversity presented in Improving Outcomes for All.
Improving Outcomes for All, the report from the Independent Expert Panel’s Review to Inform a Better and Fairer Education ...
Matching for Success
September 14, 2023
The Matching for Success working group, which includes the Australian Learning Lecture, Melbourne Assessment, The University of Melbourne, RMIT, Deakin University and Victorian Tertiary Admissions Centre, has made a submission to the Australian Universities' Accord Interim Report. It outlines how the use of learner profiles could greatly support the government’s aspiration in achieving increased and wider participation in tertiary education as ...
Read MoreSubmission to Inform a Better and Fairer Education System
August 1, 2023
Australian Learning Lecture (ALL) believes that long-term solutions to key problems highlighted by the panel require a new overall framework for Australia’s schools. To facilitate attention to framework issues the panel should recommend a process to broaden the focus of the next and subsequent NSRAs.
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The current Productivity Commission Inquiry From Learning to Growth has the potential to be a defining event in the evolution of Australia’s school system. We concur with the Commission that a quality education benefits both individuals and society and that education has a cost and uses valuable resources. We also agree with the Productivity
Commissioner’s viewpoint that education is ripe for disruption. However, our view is that:
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ALL’s submission to the Productivity Commission
August 22, 2022
The Productivity Commission is reviewing the National School Reform Agreement (NSRA) to help inform the development of the next national agreement, due late 2023.
ALL was among 53 organisations and individuals which made submissions to the review. Interim review findings are expected to be reported in September, with the final review and recommendations made public in December.
REVIEW OF THE NATIONAL SCHOOL REFORM AGREEMENT
August 10, 2022
The current Productivity Commission review of the National School Reform Agreement (NRSA), together with its National Policy Initiatives (NPIs), has the potential to be a defining event in the evolution of Australia’s school system. The ALL team directs the Commission’s attention to a key driver which is not adequately addressed by the National Policy Initiatives (NPIs): the effect variously known as the peer effect, compositional effect or ...
Read MoreALL submission to the Victorian Department of Education review into remote and flexible learning
July 30, 2020
COVID-19 has been a difficult time for many Victorians, but it has shown that our young people are resilient, creative and critical thinkers who, when given the opportunity to take responsibility for their own learning, can be excellent self-managers and thrive in often challenging circumstances. Read the submission
Read MoreALL submission to Education Council review
December 11, 2019
The Education Council commissioned a Review of Senior Secondary Pathways to examine how students can be supported to choose the best pathway into work, further education or training. Professor Peter Shergold led the review. Read the submission
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