Australia’s five most powerful people in education in 2024
AFR Magazine’s hotly anticipated Power issue, out on September 27, includes lists of the key players across six industry sectors. Here are the most influential in education.
This was always going to be the Labor government’s year of education. Minister Jason Clare has had a full work slate juggling major reviews and policy responses to childcare centres, schools and universities.
As we hurtle to the end of the year, there are a lot of balls still up in the air. Not least of which is the potential damage from a 30 per cent cut in the number of international students at the country’s biggest universities, thanks to a government plan to cap overall numbers at 270,000. The sector claims that international students have been turned into a political football in the migration debate and this could decimate the business models of universities, or even, catapult the economy into a recession.
Julie HareEducation editorJulie Hare is the Education editor. She has more than 20 years’ experience as a writer, journalist and editor. Connect with Julie on Twitter. Email Julie at julie.hare@afr.com
