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Sector Development Fund

To provide support for activities to assist the disability sector (including people with disability, their families, carers and service providers) in transitioning to the new National Disability Insurance Scheme.

This objective also has the effect it would have if it were limited to providing support for activities:

(a) to give effect to Australia’s international obligations under the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities; or

(b) by providing medical services, sickness benefits and hospital benefits, and by engaging in measures incidental to their provision; or

(c) in the exercise of the executive power of the Commonwealth.

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Mathematics by Inquiry

To create and improve mathematics curriculum resources for primary and secondary school students:

(a) to meet Australia’s international obligations under the Convention on the Rights of the Child and the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights; and

(b) as activities that are peculiarly adapted to the government of a nation and cannot otherwise be carried on for the benefit of the nation.

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Coding across the Curriculum

To encourage the introduction of computer coding and programming across different year levels in Australian schools:

(a) to meet Australia’s international obligations under the Convention on the Rights of the Child and the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights; and

(b) as an activity that is peculiarly adapted to the government of a nation and cannot otherwise be carried on for the benefit of the nation.

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Piloting a P‑TECH Styled Education Facility

To support the piloting of an Australian education facility modelled on the “Pathways in Technology Early College High School” (P‑TECH) in the United States of America, by:

(a) providing benefits to students and engaging in measures incidental to the provision of those benefits; and

(b) engaging in measures to meet Australia’s international obligations under the Convention on the Rights of the Child, the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights and the International Labour Organization’s Convention concerning Employment Policy and Convention concerning Vocational Guidance and Vocational Training in the Development of Human Resources.

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Summer Schools for STEM

To support the attendance of female, disadvantaged or marginalised school students, including Indigenous students and students living in regional or remote areas, at national science and mathematics summer schools, with the aim of increasing the participation of these students in the learning areas of science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM), by:

(a) providing benefits to students and engaging in measures incidental to the provision of those benefits; and

(b) engaging in measures to meet Australia’s international obligations under the Convention on the Rights of the Child and the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights.