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  • FACTCHECK

    Factcheck: Would a gas export tax be “bigger and simpler” than a gas reservation policy?

    By Skye Predavec

    Greens Senator Sarah Hanson-Young said on ABC’s 730 last night that a 25% tax on gas exports would be “bigger and simpler” than Labor’s proposed gas reservation policy. She's right.

    ClimateEducation
    True
    Factcheck: Would a gas export tax be “bigger and simpler” than a gas reservation policy?
  • VIDEO

    How To Fix Australia's University Crisis | Webinar

    Join Dr Sarah Kaine MLC, Australia Institute's co-CEO Richard Denniss, and hosted by Deputy Research Director Jack Thrower, who will examine what has gone wrong with university governance, who should be held accountable, and what needs to change.

    Society & InequalityEducation
    How To Fix Australia's University Crisis | Webinar
  • OPINION

    Labor promised to end compulsory income management in 2022, so why is it extending it?

    Francis Markham & Elise Klein

    After two years of consultation, the message from people subjected to compulsory income management is remarkably consistent: they want the right to choose if they want to be on it or not. Yet the Government is laying the groundwork to break its promise to First Nations people to abolish mandatory income management.

    Elise Klein
    Education
    Labor promised to end compulsory income management in 2022, so why is it extending it?
  • WHAT'S NEW

    Australia's experiment running universities like a market has "failed", Senate inquiry told

    By Tegan George

    Australia’s experiment with running universities like a market has “failed”, with the sector now suffering from inadequate funding and poor governance, the Australia Institute has told a Senate inquiry.

    Democracy & AccountabilityEducation
    Australia's experiment running universities like a market has "failed", Senate inquiry told
  • WHAT'S NEW

    ANU apologises to Liz Allen after ‘indefensible’ treatment by its former leadership

    By Julie Hare

    This morning, Dr Allen received a fulsome apology, not from Bishop, but from ANU. “The university accepts that it has failed Dr. Allen, and that these failings have caused her considerable harm. The university unreservedly apologizes to Dr. Allen for all of its failings and the harm it has caused her,” it reads.

    Education
    ANU apologises to Liz Allen after ‘indefensible’ treatment by its former leadership
  • OPINION

    Evidence isn’t evidence if nobody can see it: The case for transparent education research

    Ben Sacco

    A government-commissioned review of Australia’s national education evidence body remains unpublished, which raises broader questions about the importance of transparency in education policy.

    Ben Sacco
    Society & InequalityEducation
    Evidence isn’t evidence if nobody can see it: The case for transparent education research
  • OPINION

    Jason Clare keeps boasting that he has fixed public school funding. Tell him he’s dreaming

    Tom Greenwell

    Jason Clare has not fixed public school funding. In the best-case scenario, he has devised a plan for whichever party forms government in two elections time to start delivering a partial solution. The greater likelihood is that the Government’s delay and inaction has further entrenched the dysfunction and inequality that bedevils Australian schooling.

    Tom Greenwell
    Society & InequalityEducation
    Jason Clare keeps boasting that he has fixed public school funding. Tell him he’s dreaming
  • WHAT'S NEW

    Universities to face tougher transparency requirements under new federal governance standards

    By Tegan George

    Universities will now face tougher governance and transparency requirements under new federal standards, including public disclosure of board decisions, executive pay and consultancy spending.

    Society & InequalityEducation
    Universities to face tougher transparency requirements under new federal governance standards
  • WHAT'S NEW

    More than one third of private school parents would have chosen public schools if they were better funded, poll finds

    By Tegan George

    There are calls for an overhaul of Australia’s education funding system after new polling found more than a third of private school parents would have chosen the public system if it had been better funded.

    Society & InequalityEducation
    More than one third of private school parents would have chosen public schools if they were better funded, poll finds
  • WHAT'S NEW

    Greens push for Senate inquiry as pressure mounts on Queensland Museum over fossil fuel ties

    By Tegan George

    The campaign to end fossil fuel sponsorship at the Queensland Museum has intensified, with dozens of prominent Australians and advocacy groups demanding the institution sever ties with the industry.

    ClimateEducation
    Greens push for Senate inquiry as pressure mounts on Queensland Museum over fossil fuel ties

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