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More at-risk young people are turning to private VET providers

  • Written by: Kira Clarke, Lecturer, Education Policy, Centre for Vocational and Educational Policy, University of Melbourne
imageFor young people leaving school without completing Year 12, a VET qualification is the main way they can continue their education.from www.shutterstock.com

New research shows that the most at-risk young people – including those who are homeless and have mental health issues – are increasingly being enrolled by private Vocational...

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No, cutting your car's carbon emissions won't cost you more

  • Written by: Scott Ferraro, Head of Implementation, ClimateWorks Australia, Monash University
imageCarbon dioxide standards for cars are the cheapest way to cut emissions.Car exhaust www.shutterstock.com

The Australian government has started looking into carbon dioxide emissions standards for light vehicles, as part of new measures to meet the nation’s 2030 climate targets.

However, some are already questioning the use of standards, with med...

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The revolving door: why politicians become lobbyists, and lobbyists become politicians

  • Written by: George Rennie, PhD Candidate, University of Melbourne
imageFormer resources and energy minister Martin Ferguson went into lobbying for that sector after retiring from politics.AAP/Paul Miller

The “revolving door” of politics – the means by which government officials leave office to become lobbyists, and by which lobbyists become government officials – presents problems for modern...

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Birmingham prepares for fundamental changes to Labor's Gonski funding model

  • Written by: Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra

Education Minister Simon Birmingham has released figures to prepare the way for a major overhaul of federal funding for schools, arguing that the Gillard government’s version of the Gonski model has produced distorted and inequitable differences between states.

On the government’s numbers, in 2017 government schools in Tasmania will...

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  2. DNA reveals a new history of the First Australians
  3. What is infant reflux and will it get better?
  4. Explainer: what is fat studies?
  5. It takes a community to raise a startup
  6. Turnbull to UN: Climate change threatens 'the future of generations'
  7. No, fitness trackers do not make you fat and they don't make losing weight harder
  8. Business Briefing: we're overusing and underestimating 'disruption'
  9. FactCheck: Is 30% of Northern Territory farmland and 22% of Tasmanian farmland foreign-owned?
  10. Weekly Dose: LSD – dangerous, mystical or therapeutic?
  11. Resettlement is the test for Malcolm Turnbull on refugees
  12. In an age of rhetoric, Australian politics is missing the American flair
  13. The view from inside the Beltway
  14. Gen Y carers don't want a free ride, so welfare reform shouldn't single them out
  15. Sydney Metro's Sydenham-to-Bankstown line – nirvana or nightmare?
  16. Did the suicide rate decrease during Ireland's referendum on same-sex marriage?
  17. Acknowledge the brutal history of Indigenous health care – for healing
  18. How the Asia-Pacific can lead the way on migrants and refugees
  19. Turnbull announces a new refugee plan, but will it solve the crisis?
  20. Introduce eggs and peanuts early in infants' diets to reduce the risk of allergies
  21. If the normal rules of political engagement don't apply, how do we handle Pauline Hanson?
  22. Costly choices: how well will Trump or Clinton manage the Australia-US alliance?
  23. ASIC company data should be open and free – even Malcolm Turnbull agrees
  24. Croc safari: why selling licences to rich hunters isn't fair
  25. We need clear rules to avoid a real Star Wars in outer space
  26. Create to regenerate: cities tap into talent for urban renewal
  27. Has the push to get more disadvantaged students into universities been a success?
  28. If no plebiscite, settle same-sex marriage in parliament: poll
  29. Common Australian mosquitoes can't spread Zika
  30. The $4.8 trillion dollar question: will an 'investment approach' to welfare help the most disadvantaged?
  31. Could Clinton win Utah?
  32. 'Not fit to be president': Hillary Clinton and our problem with older women
  33. If you love me, don’t feed me bacon
  34. The future of the US Supreme Court is at stake no matter who wins in November
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  36. Perspectives on migrants distorted by politics of prejudice
  37. From placeholder to pathfinder: innovative temporary site uses help us reimagine city spaces
  38. Turnbull should drive a regional refugee solution
  39. Invasive predators are eating the world's animals to extinction – and the worst is close to home
  40. Gold Coast light rail study helps put a figure on value capture's funding potential
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