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Australian government departments & agencies

Australian national organisations

Australia. Department of Education, Science and Training
      http://www.dest.gov.au/
The Commonwealth Department for employment, education and training matters works in partnership with other portfolio and Commonwealth agencies, State Government agencies, employer and union bodies, educational institutions and local government and community organisations.

Australia. Government Education Portal
      http://www.education.gov.au/
This website covers all levels of education in Australia, provides access to more than 3,000 quality-assured online resources, enables you to search through 19,000 resources contained in the EdNA database, and highlights new government initiatives, policies and reports.

Australian Council for Educational Research
      http://www.acer.edu.au/
ACER is the premier educational research and development agency in Australia. It is an independent, national agency established in 1930. It's mission is to provide high quality educational research, services and materials, and to make educational policy and practice more effective.

EdNA Online
      http://www.edna.edu.au
EdNA Online is a service that aims to support and promote the benefits of the Internet for learning, education and training in Australia. It is organised around Australian curriculum, its tools are free to Australian educators, and it is funded by the bodies responsible for education provision in Australia - all Australian governments.

State organisations

New South Wales. Board of Studies
      http://www.boardofstudies.nsw.edu.au/
The Board of Studies serves the educational community of New South Wales, Australia, including over 100,000 teachers and over one million students. The Board was established in 1990 to "serve government and non-government schools in the development of school education for Years K-12. It provides educational leadership by developing quality curriculum and awarding secondary school credentials, the School Certificate and the Higher School Certificate.

New South Wales. Department of Education and Training
      https://www.det.nsw.edu.au/index.htm
The general site for the Department which includes links to many sites in the portfolio. Involved in a wide-range of education and training issues at both national and state levels.

Northern Territory. Department of Employment, Education and Training (DEET)
Education in the Norther Territory
      http://www.nt.gov.au/nted/

Queensland. Department of Education and the Arts
      http://education.qld.gov.au/

South Australia. Department for Education and Children's Services
      http://www.dete.sa.gov.au/

Tasmania. Department of Education Community and Cultural Development
      http://www.education.tas.gov.au/

Victoria. Department of Education & Training
      http://www.education.vic.gov.au/

Western Australia. Department of Education and Training
      http://www.eddept.wa.edu.au/

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