Our report examines Australia’s educational performance against equity and excellence benchmarks. It finds the inequality gap is large and growing.
Why would striking students end up in the ‘dole’ queue’ when they’re seeking to understand a global issue, taking action and clearly articulating their perspective?
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When politicians caution against student strikes for climate action, they are going against the aims of Australia’s curriculum to develop citizens with a social conscience, willing to take action.
Students and teachers protesting at Parliament House in Canberra on December 5, 2018.
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The NSW government will review the K-12 curriculum over the next 18 months. Simplistic approaches may suggest reducing the number of subjects, but this would be a backward step.
Australia has joined others around the world in seeking to significantly cut HIV infection rates.
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Australia has seen a notable rise in HIV infections over the last 12 months, say researchers at the University of New South Wales. The 2012 HIV, viral hepatitis and sexually transmissible infections in…