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South Africa's doors of learning are open – but not yet to all

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There is a line in South Africa’s Freedom Charter, which was drafted 60 years ago, that foreshadows the country’s current attitude to education. It declares:

The doors of learning and culture shall be open to all!

Twenty-one years into its life as a democracy, South Africa appears at first glance to have met the Freedom...

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VIDEO: Michelle Grattan on the 2015 budget

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University of Canberra Acting Vice-Chancellor Professor Frances Shannon and Michelle Grattan discuss the week in politics including the 2015 federal budget, the Senate and the public reaction to it, the chances of an early election, Bill Shorten’s second budget reply, what will happen to issues from last year’s budget and whether it...

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  2. The arts minister has wrenched our culture away from the artists
  3. Benign-looking budget uses hidden fangs to drain money from health
  4. There are no green shoots for sustainability in this Budget
  5. Budget week reveals an appetite for government but not to govern
  6. Revealed: the world's first warm-blooded fish – and we've been eating it for years
  7. When amateurs do the job of a professional, the result is smart grids secured by dumb crypto
  8. The world's most expensive painting is too sexually explicit for Fox news
  9. Greece and Germany have more in common than you might think
  10. Hard Evidence: which EU countries can afford to take the most refugees?
  11. This is the age of the brain – but bending beliefs and feelings raises political questions
  12. In which countries are children happier – and why?
  13. Five years of the Tories creates uncertainty for British science
  14. Small business tax should be cut by 5%: Shorten
  15. Four mistakes Theresa May has made about the crisis in the Mediterranean
  16. Understanding the link between bullying and suicide
  17. Students are opting out of testing. How did we get here?
  18. A rise in nationalism in Putin’s Russia threatens the country's science – again
  19. U2's continuing quest for authenticity
  20. Budget fails on climate change and renewables: Di Natale
  21. The art market: Not a pretty picture
  22. Parental leave cuts undermine breastfeeding and child health, at all Australians' expense
  23. US patrol in South China Sea may stop China's mischief in disputed waters
  24. Shakespeare's Double Falsehood? Alas, that's neither true nor false
  25. The Apple Watch heralds a brave new world of digital living
  26. UK election shows women still face psychological barriers to equality
  27. We need to talk about Tony – why Labour shouldn't rush back to the right
  28. Online voting is convenient, but if the results aren't verifiable it's not worth the risk
  29. Regret your vote? Why that might not be such a bad thing
  30. Four critical NHS issues that could keep Jeremy Hunt awake at night
  31. Is Africa's 'resource nationalism' just big business as usual?
  32. If British defence industry shrinks any more, the special relationship could be doomed
  33. Five ways universities have already changed in the 21st century
  34. South Africa needs a professional civil service
  35. Digital stories could hold the key to multilingual literacy for African children
  36. South Africa needs a new way to address the doctor shortage
  37. Frenzy on Fury Road: Mad Max faces a post-digital apocalypse
  38. What parents can do to make a child's chronic illness easier
  39. Single-crop farming is leaving wildlife with no room to turn
  40. Is Australia a secular country? It depends what you mean
  41. Beware secular fundamentalism: we need to be open to religion's role in a troubled world
  42. Quake recovery can leverage change of lasting benefit to Nepal
  43. No-show king is a non-issue in Camp David summit between US and its Gulf allies
  44. Budget entrée disappoints but PBS reform still on the menu
  45. Taxation by stealth: bracket creep and the budget
  46. Supermarket price deals: the good, the bad and the ugly
  47. Judge suspects but must acquit man on child pornography charges
  48. We need to get smarter to save shorebirds from rising seas
  49. Location matters most to parents when choosing a public school
  50. Post budget, we need strong cultural leaders more than ever

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