Education

It’s business as usual in the university sector, where exorbitant executive pay, insecure jobs and exploitation of academic staff continue unabated.

As the school year begins, teachers across the country are considering whether they can manage the unpaid overtime, stress with parents and struggle with under-resourced classrooms.

Labor’s student caps were devised to pre-empt the opposition’s policy, according to vice-chancellors of the most affected institutions, who found themselves compromising on the proposal to replace a far more costly original directive from Home Affairs.

The Labor government is reforming the New Colombo Plan, which is intended to strengthen Australia’s engagement in the Indo-Pacific region – but can it make up for longstanding cuts to Asia literacy programs?

When Luke Stickels found an organisation ‘farming’ his brother for NDIS invoices, it set him on a path towards a more just system – one the Albanese government’s latest reforms may put further out of reach.

Bill Shorten’s move to the university sector will more than double his income – and will put him at the centre of a fight about vice-chancellor salaries, international student numbers and government funding.

A flaw in Australia’s refugee laws means asylum seekers in the country on so-called fast-track visas are barred from universities or charged the same fees as international students.

As new figures reveal almost one in 12 students was suspended in NSW high schools last year, teachers say a combination of factors has made their job nearly impossible.

Amid sliding literacy rates, Australian governments are finally picking a side in a longstanding, global war over how children should learn to read.

Labor will soon unveil a foundation of its cost-of-living election pitch: a proposal to introduce universal, affordable childcare.