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Fears for schools, daycares: The 500 sites yet to be tested for forever chemicals

Fears for schools, daycares: The 500 sites yet to be tested for forever chemicals

It could take 50 years to investigate all the potentially contaminated sites across Sydney and the rest of NSW, an inquiry has heard.

  • by Carrie Fellner

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Students were unfazed at a $40,000 HECS debt. Years on, reality has sunk in

Students were unfazed at a $40,000 HECS debt. Years on, reality has sunk in

Students flocked to arts degrees during the pandemic. But almost four years on, alarm bells are ringing.

  • by Daniella White
Uni boss’ bold plan to slash university fees and end $50,000 arts degrees
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Uni boss’ bold plan to slash university fees and end $50,000 arts degrees

The plan would cost the government $1.7 billion a year and result in the cost of an arts degree falling from $50,000 to $28,000.

  • by Daniella White
Albanese’s HECS relief won’t fix the core problem – the fees system is broken
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Albanese’s HECS relief won’t fix the core problem – the fees system is broken

Student debt has reached about $81 billion. The government receives far more in student repayments than it does from the gas industry through the petroleum resource rent tax.

  • by George Williams
What Australia’s first census reveals about the country today

What Australia’s first census reveals about the country today

The handwritten account of the people – and sheep – living around Sydney in 1800 is a fascinating snapshot of early colonial history.

  • by Julie Power
‘It was a shock’: The limit on foreign students for every university revealed

‘It was a shock’: The limit on foreign students for every university revealed

Vice chancellors say they were blindsided by limits that kneecap institutions that achieved strong growth this year.

  • by Daniella White
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Top Sydney unis are the biggest targets of the student cap. It will cost the state billions

Top Sydney unis are the biggest targets of the student cap. It will cost the state billions

UNSW and Sydney University will be forced to slash their international enrolments by more than 40 per cent. This is how we got here and what it means.

  • by Daniella White and Matt Wade
Most uni bosses make more than $1 million. When this one got the job, he asked for a pay cut

Most uni bosses make more than $1 million. When this one got the job, he asked for a pay cut

Most Australian vice chancellors are paid more than $1 million. This university boss thinks that’s too high.

  • by Daniella White
Degrees that lead graduates to the biggest pay packets revealed

Degrees that lead graduates to the biggest pay packets revealed

Students have been urged to consider potential earnings compared with the cost of their university degrees and long-term HECS debt.

  • by Daniella White
Students are starving. One man could fix it with a keystroke

Students are starving. One man could fix it with a keystroke

If you have any influence on the next generations, tell them not to do an arts degree – at least until the federal government fixes its fee problem.

  • by Jenna Price
‘Debt until death’: Vice chancellor attacks soaring fees as degrees hit $50,000
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‘Debt until death’: Vice chancellor attacks soaring fees as degrees hit $50,000

The cost of every degree for 2025 has been revealed. A university boss says young people are being priced out of their dreams.

  • by Daniella White

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