Murray Watt (Queensland, Australian Labor Party, Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry) Share this | Hansard source

President, again, I've already said to Senator Tyrrell that, if I have any further information to provide about that specific program, I will do so. But, again, to give an indication of some of the things that we are doing, we've awarded the first round of Commonwealth Teaching Scholarships to around 1,000 first-year teacher education students across the country. Scholarship recipients receive up to $10,000 a year while they are studying and then commit to teach for a period of time after they graduate. Under the $30 million Workload Reduction Fund, we're piloting new approaches to take pressure off teachers and school leaders, such as employing more support staff to undertake administrative tasks. Minister Clare will soon be announcing the outcomes of the latest High Achieving Teachers Program grant round. Over the next three years, this program will support 1,500 people to become teachers through employment based pathways. I think that may actually be the program you're talking about under a different name. (Time expired)