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Why the profit motive fails in education

  • Written by: John Quiggin, Professor, School of Economics, The University of Queensland
Why the profit motive fails in educationThe disastrous experience of vocational education and training in Australia holds many lessons about trying to fit education into a for-profit market model.www.shutterstock.com

The Morrison government’s waiving of almost A$500 million in dodgy vocational education and training debts holds many lessons about the nature of education and public...

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a particle new to physics might solve the dark matter mystery

  • Written by: Celine Boehm, Head of School for Physics, University of Sydney
a particle new to physics might solve the dark matter mysteryAnomalies in nuclear physics experiments may show signs of a new force.Shutterstock

A team of scientists in Hungary recently published a paper that hints at the existence of a previously unknown subatomic particle. The team first reported finding traces of the particle in 2016, and they now report more traces in a different experiment.

If the...

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The water crisis has plunged the Nats into a world of pain. But they reap what they sow

  • Written by: Daniel Connell, Research Fellow, Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University
The water crisis has plunged the Nats into a world of pain. But they reap what they sowAngry farmers are pressuring the Nationals to tear up the Murray Darling Basin Plan.Lukas Coch/AAP

When farmers descended on Parliament House in Canberra this month to demand the Murray Darling Basin Plan be dumped, they reserved sharp words for Nationals leader Michael McCormack.

“The National Party is not going to exist after the next...

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  4. PISA doesn't define education quality, and knee-jerk policy proposals won't fix whatever is broken
  5. Toxic sport cultures are damaging female athletes' health, but we can do better
  6. How our screen stories of the future went from flying cars to a darker version of now
  7. The problem with transport models is political abuse, not their use in planning
  8. Work is a fundamental part of being human. Robots won't stop us doing it
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  10. Job losses expected as NZ's broadcasting sector faces biggest overhaul in a decade
  11. Can Indigenous Australians be deported as 'aliens'? A High Court decision will show us the strength of modern colonial power
  12. 'One of the most poignant opera scenes I have ever experienced': Pinchgut’s Farnace
  13. Andrew Hastie on foreign influence, security and veteran mental health
  14. Litigation is the real reason financial reports are becoming harder to read
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  18. Estonia didn't deliver its PISA results on the cheap, and neither will Australia
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  20. 50 years on from the Melbourne Transportation Plan, what can we learn from its legacy?
  21. Science needs true diversity to succeed -- and Australian astronomy shows how we can get it
  22. Evangelical churches believe men should control women. That's why they breed domestic violence
  23. State Library Victoria proves libraries aren't just about books: they're about community
  24. Albanese accuses Facebook of shrugging off fakery
  25. Chinese students top the PISA rankings, but some Shanghai parents are turning away from the school system
  26. Michelle Grattan on Angus Taylor, medevac and cuts to the public service
  27. China's failed gene-edited baby experiment proves we're not ready for human embryo modification
  28. Remember the arts? Departments and budgets disappear as politics backs culture into a dead end
  29. how do we know if a dinosaur skeleton is from a child dinosaur or an adult dinosaur?
  30. Western Australia looks set to legalise voluntary assisted dying. Here's what's likely to happen from next week
  31. living with fire and facing our fears
  32. how designing hospitals for Indigenous people might benefit everyone
  33. why homicide rates in Australia are declining
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  35. Australia's slipping student scores will lead to greater income inequality
  36. Angus Taylor's troubles go international, in brawl with Naomi Wolf
  37. Early medical abortion is legal across Australia but rural women often don't have access to it
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