Australian Education (Commonwealth Share for Government Schools) Amendment (Adjustment No. 1) Regulations 2025
I, the Honourable Sam Mostyn AC, Governor‑General of the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice of the Federal Executive Council, make the following regulations.
Dated 13 November 2025
Sam Mostyn AC
Governor‑General
By Her Excellency’s Command
Jason Clare
Minister for Education
1 Name
2 Commencement
3 Authority
4 Schedules
Schedule 1—Amendments
Australian Education (Commonwealth Share for Government Schools) Regulations 2024
This instrument is the Australian Education (Commonwealth Share for Government Schools) Amendment (Adjustment No. 1) Regulations 2025.
(1) Each provision of this instrument specified in column 1 of the table commences, or is taken to have commenced, in accordance with column 2 of the table. Any other statement in column 2 has effect according to its terms.
Commencement information | ||
Column 1 | Column 2 | Column 3 |
Provisions | Commencement | Date/Details |
1. The whole of this instrument | The day after this instrument is registered. | 20 November 2025 |
Note: This table relates only to the provisions of this instrument as originally made. It will not be amended to deal with any later amendments of this instrument.
(2) Any information in column 3 of the table is not part of this instrument. Information may be inserted in this column, or information in it may be edited, in any published version of this instrument.
This instrument is made under the Australian Education Act 2013.
Each instrument that is specified in a Schedule to this instrument is amended or repealed as set out in the applicable items in the Schedule concerned, and any other item in a Schedule to this instrument has effect according to its terms.
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Repeal the section, substitute:
For the purposes of subsection 35A(1) of the Act and subject to section 35B of the Act, the Commonwealth share for a government school for a year mentioned in an item of the following table is, for a school located in a State or Territory mentioned in a column of the table, the percentage mentioned for that item in that column.
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Item | Col. 1 | Col. 2 | Col. 3 | Col. 4 | Col. 5 | Col. 6 | Col. 7 | Col. 8 | Col. 9 |
| Year | NSW % | Vic % | Qld % | WA % | SA % | Tas % | ACT % | NT % |
1 | 2025 | 20.00 | 20.00 | 20.00 | 21.25 | 20.00 | 21.25 | 21.25 | 24.92 |
2 | 2026 | 20.16 | 20.00 | 20.42 | 22.50 | 20.37 | 22.50 | 22.50 | 28.69 |
3 | 2027 | 20.31 | 20.00 | 20.46 | 22.50 | 20.37 | 22.50 | 22.50 | 32.46 |
4 | 2028 | 20.63 | 20.00 | 20.49 | 22.50 | 20.37 | 22.50 | 22.50 | 36.23 |
5 | 2029 | 21.25 | 20.00 | 20.50 | 22.50 | 21.25 | 22.50 | 22.50 | 40.00 |
6 | 2030 | 22.50 | 20.00 | 20.79 | 22.66 | 22.50 | 22.66 | 22.66 | 40.00 |
7 | 2031 | 22.81 | 20.00 | 21.30 | 22.89 | 22.89 | 22.89 | 22.89 | 40.00 |
8 | 2032 | 23.13 | 20.00 | 22.08 | 23.15 | 23.15 | 23.15 | 23.15 | 40.00 |
9 | 2033 | 23.75 | 20.00 | 23.25 | 23.75 | 23.75 | 23.75 | 23.75 | 40.00 |
10 | 2034 or a later year | 25.00 | 20.00 | 25.00 | 25.00 | 25.00 | 25.00 | 25.00 | 40.00 |