In this podcast, Michelle Grattan and South Australian senator Simon Birmingham discuss the Voice, the Aston byelection defeat and "where to now?" for the Liberal Party
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Frydenberg, now in the private sector, hasn’t declared whether he will run again for Kooyong, but he hasn’t lost his political ambition
Simon Birmingham and Jim Chalmers on a big spending budget.
Michelle Grattan discusses the 2021-22 budget with Finance Minister Simon Birmingham and Shadow Treasurer Jim Chalmers
Prime Minister Scott Morrison announced today that following Mathias Cormann’s resignation, Cormann will be nominated as a candidate for secretary general at the OECD.
Trade Minister Simon Birmingham said “you can’t reflect society if 90% of your members of parliament were chosen from trade unions and worked in trade unions”. Let’s take a look at the numbers.
Did the minister or any of his staff read our application or any of the other ten he chose to reject?
Projects submitted to the Australian Research Council are vetted heavily by panels of experts. Minister Birmingham’s decision undermines this process.
We should accept a modest level of attrition so we can keep providing opportunities for part-time and online students, who might not otherwise be able to study.
Contrary to some reports, there is no new English language test for international students - the government is simply expanding standards already being met by most providers.
The excitement over the announcement of a space agency for Australia has now quietened. So it’s time to work out what we want, and how to get there.
Space inspires, and the establishment of a Space Agency in Australia is well positioned to drive engagement in STEM.
Though more moderate than the 2014 version, the new higher education reform package represents groundhog day for the major political parties.
The passage of the new schools funding program is a big win for Australian children.
Simon Birmingham met Catholic education representatives on Monday night, receiving such a haranguing that at times it was difficult for him to get a word in.
Critics are expected to speak out in the partyroom on Tuesday, demanding more information about the effects of the schools package on the Catholic sector.
Some Liberals love to deride Greens senator Sarah Hanson-Young. In the past, the government’s immigration minister and attack dog, Peter Dutton, was particularly insulting when she was spokeswoman in his…
Federal and state government funding to the Catholic sector does not necessarily then flow straight to the school.
Haunted by the unpopular 2014 budget, the government is treading more carefully with its new education policies.
The Turnbull government is seeking to seize the political initiative on schools, with a big funding injection and the appointment of David Gonski to chair a ‘Gonski 2.0’ review.
Hidden in the detail of the latest higher education reform package, there are talks of creating teaching-only universities.
Top contributors
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Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra
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Adjunct Professor, Department of Leadership, Higher and Adult Education, OISE, University of Toronto
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Professor in the Practice of Higher Education Policy, Australian National University
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Senior Research Fellow, Curtin University
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Associate Professor and Principal Fellow (Hon), School of Culture and Communication, The University of Melbourne
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School Education Program Director, Grattan Institute
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Professor of Electrical and Electronic Engineering and Deputy Dean Research at Faculty of Engineering and Information Technology, The University of Melbourne
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Professor of Economics, The University of Melbourne
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Peter Whiteford is a Friend of The Conversation.
Professor, Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University
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Professor of Media and Communications, Monash University
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Senior Lecturer in the School of Education, Deakin University
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Joanna Mendelssohn is a Friend of The Conversation.
Honorary (Senior Fellow) School of Culture and Communication University of Melbourne. Editor in Chief, Design and Art of Australia Online, The University of Melbourne
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Associate Professor, Melbourne Centre for the Study of Higher Education, The University of Melbourne
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Education Lecturer and Researcher, Monash University
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Professor, Murdoch University
