This Month
- Exclusive
- Workplace
ANU council members say Bell’s second job was never mentioned
Members of ANU’s governing council dispute being told about the vice chancellor’s second job with global technology company Intel.
- Julie Hare
- Exclusive
- Workplace
ANU boss ‘should repay $1.1m salary’ while double-dipping with Intel
Opposition education spokeswoman Sarah Henderson says questions need to be answered over how a vice chancellor could hold a second job with a foreign company.
- Updated
- Julie Hare
- Exclusive
- Vocational training
Why we got it wrong on education and skill shortages
After 15 years of policies encouraging people to go to university, Australia’s skills tsar says it is now time for a reset if we are to address chronic skill shortages.
- Julie Hare
November
- Analysis
- International students
They came in their millions, now voters are fed up
Half of all Australians say migration is too high and politicians are hearing that message loud and clear.
- Julie Hare
- Exclusive
- International students
Chinese social media users slam foreign student chaos
Students and university leaders are digesting what the blocking of student caps legislation mean for them.
- Julie Hare
- Opinion
- International students
Foreign students row is political kryptonite
The government accuses Peter Dutton of hypocrisy for rejecting its foreign student caps, but the Opposition Leader is not about to do Labor any favours this close to an election.
- Jennifer Hewett
- Opinion
- International students
Foreign student cap plan’s collapse is a sign of the times
Migration is gaining momentum as a policy area voters want the government to deal with. And politicians are tapping into the zeitgeist.
- Julie Hare
Unis, colleges brace for chaos after foreign student cap plan blocked
The $51 billion international education sector is bracing for a new wave of student visa rejections after the government’s signature migration plan was killed off.
- Updated
- Julie Hare
Migration at record highs as political pressure builds
Overseas students, New Zealanders and backpackers continue to flock to Australia, inflating net migration numbers to historical highs.
- Updated
- Julie Hare and Gus McCubbing
‘We are being sacrificed’: Foreign students hit back at caps
Kepuyan Wu, from China, is frustrated by the federal government’s move to cap new foreign students at 270,000 in 2025 as a response to the housing crisis.
- Gus McCubbing
Cheaper arts degrees after Labor ‘unscrambles’ uni fees
The Albanese government is poised to unveil permanent measures to lower student debt, on top of the one-off $16 billion reduction.
- Phillip Coorey
HECS architect says Labor loan cut leaves the real problems unresolved
The Albanese government wants to cut student debts as it frets about younger voters turning to the Greens. Economists say the $16b loan forgiveness will favour high earners.
- John Kehoe
October
- Exclusive
- International students
Uni suspension threats for breaching student caps that are not yet law
The federal government is policing overseas student enrolments for 2025 – even though it does not have the legislation to do so.
- Julie Hare
Labor has trashed backing for Israel: Birmingham
The Coalition has weighed in on the call by Palestine’s envoy for Islamic voters not to hurt Labor, as a new Muslim-backed candidate emerges to take on minister Jason Clare.
- Andrew Tillett
Israel-Gaza war becomes an election minefield for Labor
The emergence of Muslim community independents is a threat to electorates that Labor has held for generations, but the party is more worried about the inner-city Greens.
- Ronald Mizen
Desperate colleges shore up numbers before student caps kick in
Parliament is yet to pass a bill allowing the government to limit overseas student places, but there is a lot of manoeuvring on the assumption it will go ahead.
- Julie Hare
- Updated
- International students
Universities left in the lurch as Labor pushes back student cap bill
The government has only two weeks to pass changes, which are due to start on January 1, before parliament ends for the year.
- Updated
- Julie Hare
- Exclusive
- International students
Labor education heavyweight says student cap plan is ‘bad policy’
The comments from former higher education minister Kim Carr came as the central bank warned a limit on enrolments would hit exports but may not lower inflation.
- Julie Hare
- Exclusive
- International students
Desperate colleges lure agents, students with cash offers
With the introduction of student caps looming, desperate vocational colleges are using unethical practices to shore up numbers.
- Julie Hare
Student caps not for migration reasons, Senate hearing told
An employment department official said student caps were not intended to bring down net migration, an explanation at odds with what the government says.
- Julie Hare