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House Standing Committee on Education

3 March 2026

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Contents updated on 21 Oct 2026

The Chair opens the public hearing, explains procedural and privilege settings, and invites Defence witnesses to outline how Asian language and cultural capability fits within Australia’s defence education and force preparedness structures.

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Hearing opening and Defence mandate

15:32

Opening of hearing and member introductions

15:32

Procedural warnings and Defence brief opening statement

17:38

Defence: language capability, Indonesian and Asia engagement

18:52

Defence language capability model and intensive training focus

18:52

Use of AI tools and Indonesia treaty context for language learning

22:17

ADFA Indonesian major changes and demand decline

26:08

Concept of Asian capability beyond language in Defence education

30:10

Parliamentary defence exchanges, Japan partnership and Kakadu

34:42

Language training demand, surge options and retention challenges

38:26

Home Affairs: community language grants and coordination

44:25

Shift to Home Affairs and design of community language grants

44:25

Stream 1 vs Stream 2 and federation-driven inequities

49:38

Lack of national coordination and skilled migrant language teachers

54:33

Practical barriers for community language schools’ facility access

57:30

System-wide pathways, English focus and inquiry closure

01:03:04

Missing pathways between community schools and formal curricula

01:03:04

English proficiency, social cohesion and role of community languages

01:07:09

Closing remarks and next steps for the inquiry

01:11:18

House Standing Committee on Education

3 March 2026

House Standing Committee on Education Wed, 4 Mar 2026 Australian Parliament

15:32 - 16:04

Speaker 11

I now declare open the public hearing of the standing committee on education's inquiry into building age capability in Australia through the education system and beyond. I acknowledge the traditional custodians of the lands from which we all meet today and pay respect to the elders past and present of indigenous peoples across Australia. This hearing will be, audio broadcast, and the transcript of proceedings will be published on the parliament's website. I might begin by inviting, members of the committee present here today to introduce themselves, and let's start with miss Chaney's end.

16:04 - 16:09

Speaker 18

Hello. Kate Chaney, a member for Curtin in Western Australia. Hi. I'm Corina Gallant.

16:09 - 16:11

I'm the member for Chisholm in Melbourne.

16:11 - 16:16

Speaker 11

My name is Tim Watts. I'm the chair of the committee and the member for, Jelly Rand in Melbourne's West.

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