Edmund Rice Education Australia (EREA) is an organisation established by the Congregation of Christian Brothers in Australia to own, govern, manage, and conduct education ministries in the Catholic tradition and in the charism of Blessed Edmund Ignatius Rice.

The Christian Brothers' National Planning Committee for Schools Governance decided to form a separate body, Edmund Rice Education Australia, with the intention of independently implementing the educational mission of the Christian Brothers.

Comprising five people, the Council is the body ultimately responsible for the governance of EREA.

In civil law, the Council constitutes the Trustees of Edmund Rice Education Australia.

[6][7][8] Although not controlled by EREA, there are several partner schools united within the tradition of Edmund Rice:[9]