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New VET Student Loans unlikely to weed out dodgy private providers

  • Written by Mary Leahy, Senior Lecturer, Melbourne Graduate School of Education, University of Melbourne
imageWomen are likely to be disproportionately affected by the new VET student loan scheme.from www.shutterstock.com

Education Minister Simon Birmingham argues that the new VET Student Loans program – which will replace the flawed and highly controversial VET FEE-HELP scheme – will “restore credibility” and rebuild trust in...

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What's in a name? How a democracy becomes an aristocracy

  • Written by Sandra Field, Assistant Professor of Humanities (Philosophy), Yale-NUS College
imageWhat do you call a democracy that depends on the exclusion of whole groups from political participation?Gaia/Wikipedia Commons, CC BY-SA

This article is part of the Democracy Futures series, a joint global initiative with the Sydney Democracy Network. The project aims to stimulate fresh thinking about the many challenges facing democracies in the...

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Do the governance experts at the World Bank have a governance problem?

  • Written by Usman W. Chohan, Doctoral Candidate, Policy Reform and Economics, UNSW Australia

As a source of financial and technical assistance to developing countries around the world, the World Bank should be an example of how to manage transparently, with accountability and inclusion. Yet the bank isn’t following the principles of good governance when it comes to the bank itself.

If the World Bank wants to stay relevant and a part...

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Hacked by your fridge: the Internet of Things could spark a new wave of cyber attacks

  • Written by Mihai Lazarescu, Associate Professor and head of the Department of Computing, Curtin University
imageThere will soon be billions of connected smart devices, and they could be turned against us.Shutterstock

The past few weeks have seen a remarkable and somewhat alarming development in cyber security. It comes in the wake of a distributed denial of service (DDoS) attack that has forced a rethink of how we can deal with attacks of this nature in the...

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  1. Protecting migrant workers requires a rethink on employer freedoms
  2. Explainer: what causes knock knees and do they have to be treated?
  3. VIDEO: Michelle Grattan on George Brandis' solicitor-general drama
  4. Vital Signs: mixed signals from the global economy
  5. What would another review of child support achieve? We know the problems, and how to fix them
  6. No offence, mate, but ...
  7. The US used foreign investment to develop a new car industry, a lesson Australia hasn't learned
  8. 'Don't feed the trolls' really is good advice – here's the evidence
  9. We don't know why South Australia's wind farms stopped working, so hold off on the blame game
  10. Friday essay: the sound of fear
  11. #She4SG: how did we end up with another man as UN secretary-general?
  12. 'It's all about me, me, me!' Why children are spending less time doing household chores
  13. Seven things to eat or avoid to lower your blood pressure
  14. Grattan on Friday: Little but grief ahead for George Brandis in battle with Solicitor-General
  15. Once upon a time... how the Rosetta mission won our hearts
  16. Ford workers willing but unlikely to find decent jobs: study
  17. Eager homebuyers still falling victim to shadowy rent-to-buy deals
  18. One reason so many scientific studies may be wrong
  19. Memorials for drug overdose victims create a place for grieving and inclusion
  20. Paris climate agreement comes into force: now time for Australia to step up
  21. Explainer: what is conjunctivitis and how did I get it?
  22. Review: Death by Design at the Environmental Film Festival
  23. Standoff between Brandis and solicitor-general threatens the rule of law
  24. Race to the White House – the vice-presidential debate, and Donald Trump's tax troubles
  25. Just what else did ANZ uncover when looking at BBSW?
  26. The Ford plant closure is sad loss of manufacturing know how
  27. When it comes to food, could 'reactive' sometimes be best?
  28. Trump or Clinton: who will be the best for our region?
  29. The Coral Sea: an ocean jewel that needs more protection
  30. Why do we still hand out honorary academic titles?
  31. A Chinese firm could buy Twitter in the coming wave of cross-border tech acquisitions
  32. Taking Indigenous languages online: can they be seen, heard and saved?
  33. With that ring, I thee judge: why the law should not allow exceptions on marriage equality
  34. Boys should also get the HPV vaccine to protect themselves from oral and genital cancers
  35. Bitter row between George Brandis and Solicitor-General flares
  36. Virtual reality film Collisions is part disaster movie, part travelogue and completely immersive
  37. Happy 30th anniversary to .au domains – what comes next?
  38. Bath bullies, bacteria and battlegrounds: the secret world of bird baths
  39. Better academic support for students may help lower university attrition rates
  40. New laws on bankers behaving badly don't matter in light of ASIC inaction
  41. From Presidents to Proxies: Examining the VP Stoush
  42. Placing a cap on teaching degrees doesn't guarantee better teachers
  43. Google's new gadgets are part of the me-too competition between the tech giants
  44. To stop domestic violence, we need to change perpetrators' behaviour
  45. How can we meaningfully recognise cities as Indigenous places?
  46. Who won today's vice-presidential debate? Does it matter?
  47. Review: Bugs on the Menu at the Environmental Film Festival
  48. Weekly Dose: metformin, the diabetes drug developed from French lilac
  49. FactCheck: Is suicide one of the leading causes of maternal death in Australia?
  50. Politics podcast: Simon Birmingham on the new VET student loan scheme

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