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House Standing Committee on Education

1 November 2026

Contents updated on 2 Nov 2026

The committee opens its inquiry and hears from university experts on intersectional disadvantage, real-time learning indicators, socio-emotional capabilities, and the balance between needs-based funding, school purpose, VET status and ATAR-driven senior secondary settings.

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Hearing opening and university evidence on attainment

16:54

Committee opens inquiry and introduces members

16:54

University panels — opening statements on attainment and disadvantage

19:57

JCU: leading vs lagging indicators and learner capabilities

27:43

Targeting disadvantage and gender — Deakin questioned

32:48

Socioeconomic status vs gender — witnesses compare drivers

41:59

Socio-emotional capabilities and Indigenous learners

46:14

Addressing disadvantage in schools vs broader socioeconomic reform

50:51

VET and senior secondary pathways — rebalancing ATAR focus

01:05:40

Session closure with university panel

01:17:22

Assessment data, NAPLAN and school improvement

01:18:39

Interpreting NAPLAN and PISA — new expert panel opens

01:18:39

Inattention, mental health and widening SES gaps

01:25:35

NAPLAN vs PISA — what is each measuring?

01:40:22

Data use, access and whole‑school improvement systems

01:44:37

Parents’ perspectives, boys’ engagement and homeschooling

03:00:38

Parents’ perspectives — Australian Parents Council opening

03:00:38

Parents on boys’ engagement, school councils and data limits

03:11:22

Homeschooling, belonging and parent–school relationships

03:18:37

Higher education equity, motivation and vocational pathways

03:36:24

Higher education equity and gendered participation patterns

03:36:24

Motivation, gender patterns and effective teaching

03:43:03

Non‑ATAR and vocational pathways, transitions and RPL

03:53:31

Child poverty, education outcomes and cross-portfolio policy

04:45:08

Child poverty, education and school-based supports

04:45:08

Beyond school gates — policy silos and cross-portfolio action

05:12:00

Class rank, aspirations and tutoring effects

05:35:17

Classroom rank, parental aspirations and tutoring — Zhou evidence

05:35:17

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House Standing Committee on Education

1 November 2026

House Standing Committee on Education Mon, 2 Nov 2026 Parliament of Australia

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16:53 - 17:27

Speaker 10

I declare open the public hearing of the Standing Committee on Education's inquiry into the factors driving educational attainment. I acknowledge the traditional custodians of the land that we are all meeting on today and pay respect to elders past and present of Indigenous peoples across all of Australia. This hearing will be broadcast and a transcript of proceedings will be published on the Parliament's website. I now invite members of the committee joining us online to introduce themselves.

17:27 - 17:34

Speaker 7

David Coleman, the member for Banks in south-western Sydney.

17:34 - 17:42

Speaker 6

Good morning. It's Zoe McKenzie here, the member for Flinders in the Mornington Peninsula, Victoria.

17:42 - 17:50

Speaker 4

I'm Renee Coffey, the member for Griffith on the south side of Brisbane.

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