The union Equity is calling for a national Scottish broadcaster to be created regardless of the outcome of the independence referendum in September. Meanwhile, BBC Trust director Jeremy Peat warned the…
Education minister Chris Pyne says the Gonski model was addressing a problem that doesn’t really exist in Australian education: equity.
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“The OECD says that we are a high equity nation in terms of our students… I don’t believe there is an equity problem in Australia.” – Education Minister Christopher Pyne, Lateline interview, 26 November…
International tests show a decline in Australian educational outcomes, but even more serious than that, is the story of educational disadvantage.
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The 2012 Program for International Student Assessment (PISA) results out today will no doubt see shock headlines about Australia’s falling education standards and our failing school system. PISA – which…
Prime Minister Julia Gillard is promoting her government’s schools funding plan – but should the same model be applied to university funding too?
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The Australian Education Bill, introduced to the parliament last week, sets out the government’s Gonski reforms to school funding. One of the reform’s key tenets is that extra money should go to schools…
Certainty of funding is important and that’s why an income tax levy or premium is the way to go.
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While an income tax increase may be hard to sell to some people in the community in the lead-up to a federal election, it’s the right choice for a sustainable National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS…
In the Coral Triangle, conservation plans that helped fish were unfair for people.
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You can’t get a project approved these days unless it satisfies the triple bottom line: equity, cost-effectiveness and environmental sustainability. But our research shows that getting all three is almost…
For low-income households, energy saving usually means switching off. Will COAG’s reforms give them more options?
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There is only so much that individuals can do. As energy prices keep climbing, in many households you will find a parent patrolling to check lights and appliances are turned off. Some poorer households…
We need to take a better look at the role women can play in the Millenium Devlopment Goals.
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Mel Dunn, The University of Queensland e Danielle Logue, University of Technology Sydney
In part 11 of the multi-disciplinary Millennium Project series, Danielle Logue and Mel Dunn note the striking absence of male voices in discussions of women’s empowerment, despite it being fundamental…
We need to take a harder look at Australian education and how we compare internationally.
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Following the refusal of the federal government to commit to the Gonski Review and the recent announcement in Victoria of further cuts to already disadvantaged schools and students, the issue of equity…
Day 15 of OccupyMN protest that has occupied Minneapolis. Meanwhile corporate greed continues unabated.
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At a time when the “Occupy Wall Street” protests against corporate greed are proliferating in the United States and around the world, it’s ironic to read the floating of yet another corporate “get-even-more…
Special Adviser to the President, EDID (Curriculum Transformation) and Professor, School of Professional Communication, Toronto Metropolitan University
Honorary Enterprise Professor, School of Population and Global Health, and Department of General Practice and Primary Care, The University of Melbourne