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With the current demands from industry for STEM graduates, how many are going to give up high paying jobs in industry for the short term sugar-hit of $15,000 and the stress of the classroom?
The new regulation will allow millions more U.S. workers to qualify for overtime pay. Our experts assess the impact.
Both parties are proposing to spend more on education, yet there is no guarantee that either will lift outcomes substantially.
Increasing the amount that students pay towards their degree is likely to be on the cards of higher education in this year’s election.
While Labor’s policy proposals for schools are all mapped out, the Coalition has yet to specify its plans for education.
Labor’s detailed climate policy is ambitious, but it remains to be seen if it will capture the voters.
We’re set to hear very little about nature conservation in Australia’s upcoming election campaign. Here’s why that’s a huge oversight.
Presidential candidates are using voter anger to fuel more divisions and discord rather than to start a conversation about the collapse of collective bargaining.
Funding is one of the few areas Labor has left to distinguish itself from the Coalition when it comes to school policy at the national level.
Labor has announced it will commit to fully funding Gonski, with a reform package costing $37.3 billion over the next decade.
But is this actually what the Gonski review recommended?
Bill Shorten is pushing schools funding to the centre of this year’s election battle by committing to fully funding the Gonski blueprint.
Europe’s biggest achievements, such as open borders and human rights, are at risk as government responses to the refugee crisis fall short.
A case before the Supreme Court could deal a major blow to unions, highlighting the need for leaders of business and labor to negotiate a new New Deal.
Talk about the future of work is in the air these days, but will all the chatter lead to action and better living standards for tomorrow’s workers?
The Greens have backed a renewable energy goal of 90% by 2030. With wind and solar getting cheaper all the time, it’s an achievable challenge.
Labor leaders sometimes seem to concede defeat too easily, yet workers are still fighting for their place in the middle class.
Bill Shorten has elevated two more women to his shadow cabinet, giving Labor a total of seven compared with the Turnbull cabinet’s five, in a minor reshuffle of his frontbench.
Bill Shorten, having seen off a prime minister, next week will mark his second anniversary as opposition leader.
Bill Shorten has said he wants to reduce the number of uni students dropping out. Here’s one way to do it.
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