Responsibility for schools lay with the six state and two territory governments. In some jurisdictions (e.g. New South Wales), schools remained open for some children and parents were asked to keep children at home where possible
Country
AustraliaPolicy Area
EducationMeasure
No national lockdown of schools but some state level closuresEligibility
Different eligibility conditions for attending schools across jurisdictions and over time (e.g. New South Wales: children who could not be cared for by their parents)Type
ServiceStart / Announced Date
N/AEnd Date
N/AAmount
N/ATotal Cost
N/ARecipients
ChildrenRoute to the child
DirectSources
Whitehouse, G., Baird, M. and Baxter, J.A. (2021) ‘Australia country note’, in Koslowski, A., Blum, S., Dobrotić, I., Kaufman, G. and Moss, P. (eds.) International Review of Leave Policies and Research 2021. Available at: https://www.leavenetwork.org/annual-review-reports/Access the full dataset here
