Our Advocacy Work

The HEA committee and volunteers work includes advocating for home education rights across Australia.

The HEA is fully volunteer-run and is a not-for-profit organisation. We rely on membership fees to enable us to do the work of the Association for our members.

Our Success Stories

July 2025 - Our QLD Advocacy Team met with The Minister for Education and Arts Team and were handed the Report that approved all 8 recommendations that were made by the 2024 independant Home Education Unit Review. We are grateful for the opportunity to be part of this process. We would like to thank Samantha and Ryan for their contributions to this process, along with the other members of the review team. Such a great outcome for Home schoolers in Queensland.

In the ACT, Legislative Amendments were passed in late November 2019, meaning the ACT is now leading the way with one of the more enlightened and sensible registration systems, balancing the safety of children and the right to an individual education.

HEA volunteers and Committee at that time generously shared their experience and expertise over two years of tireless work and support in efforts to protect home educators’ rights in ACT. This process has demonstrated the importance of having an experienced national body such as the HEA which advocates to protect the rights of all home educators.

International Homeschooling

If you are looking for information about Homeschooling around the world then visit the HSLDA - Home School Legal Defense Association website and explore their resources.. They believe homeschooling helps children to flourish. And we believe your family can homeschool best when you have the freedom to provide an education that uniquely fits your child.

We advocate for homeschooling on many levels: for individual families, in the state legislatures, in the media—so that you can homeschool with peace of mind.