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Higher education gets short shrift in the election campaign, and we are all the poorer for it

  • Written by Stephen Parker, Vice-Chancellor, University of Canberra
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Higher education policy during the Abbott government was highly controversial and probably a component of Tony Abbott’s undoing.

Not since the Dawkins reforms of 1989-90, if at all, had higher education been so prominent in public debate.

In his 2014 Budget,...

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The same kind of 'silent majority' that spoke on Brexit may also be a force here

  • Written by John Hewson, Professor and Chair, Tax and Transfer Policy Institute, Crawford School, Australian National University

What can we learn from UK’s Brexit referendum for our own election campaign?

First, and foremost, don’t pay any attention to most polls or to the betting odds. They were just as wrong with this referendum as they were in predicting the last UK general election, where David Cameron won easily and was then able to govern in his own right.

T...

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'The urban': a concept under stress in an interconnected world

  • Written by Lauren Rickards, Senior Lecturer, Sustainability and Urban Planning, School of Global Urban and Social Studies; Co-leader, Climate Change and Resilience Research Program, Centre for Urban Studies, RMIT University

Are humans now an “urban species”? Do we now live in an “Urban Age”? To understand the contemporary human condition, should we all learn to “see like a city”, or even think like a smart city?

Whether the focus is on governance, climate change, infrastructure, citizenship, public space or terrorism, the turn...

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  1. For the English, Brexit will mean economic pain
  2. Election 2016: will the infrastructure promises meet Australia's needs?
  3. A focus on economics (the dismal science) has produced a dismal election debate
  4. Indigenous suicide rates in the Kimberley seven times national average
  5. Rush to dam northern Australia comes at the expense of sustainability
  6. Wind and solar PV have won the race – it's too late for other clean energy technologies
  7. Life lessons from the editing suite of Paul Cox
  8. How Australia played the world's first music on a computer
  9. Malcolm Turnbull invokes Brexit to reinforce his campaign, as Newspoll has Coalition moving ahead
  10. Labor costings pass, but scare tactics detract
  11. Labor costings: ALP deficit $16.5 billion higher over the budget period
  12. Malcolm Turnbull: don't risk change or protest
  13. Europe endless, or Europe ending?
  14. After Brexit, keep a close watch on Italy and its Five Star Movement
  15. Paying the piper and calling the tune? Following ClubsNSW's political donations
  16. Warning Sign: Trigger Warnings and Externalities
  17. Brexit rocks Australian sharemarket, worse to come
  18. Stella’s Girls Write Up tells kids good writing starts with having something to say
  19. Brexit stage right: what Britain's decision to leave the EU means for Australia
  20. Post-plebiscite conscience vote on same-sex marriage is not the risk
  21. Healthy microbes make for a resilient Great Barrier Reef
  22. Leave wins UK Brexit referendum 52-48
  23. What's wrong with the web and do we need to fix it?
  24. Are itchier insect bites more likely to make us sick?
  25. India's looking for a new central bank governor to perform a tough balancing act
  26. VIDEO: Michelle Grattan on the Medicare scare campaign
  27. Election FactCheck: is the Australian Sex Party right about religious organisations, tax and record-keeping?
  28. Not only do youth vote, they also represent their own
  29. Vital Signs: world markets wait for Brexit vote
  30. Robots are moving in to our homes, but there's no killer app
  31. Boondoggles, bellwethers and poli-tic-al parasites: revisiting political expressions
  32. Is there any hope for gambling reform in a new parliament?
  33. What do the Liberal and Labor election health promises mean for you?
  34. Australia's youth unemployment policy needs to be seen as a hand up, not a hand out
  35. Power to the people: how communities can help meet our renewable energy goals
  36. Friday essay: When Manet met Degas
  37. Driverless cars should sacrifice their passengers for the greater good -- just not when I'm the passenger
  38. Kitchen Science: beyond the sweetness of sugar
  39. Grattan on Friday: is Malcolm Turnbull inoculated against Labor's Medicare scare?
  40. There is more agreement between the parties on higher ed than slogans suggest
  41. It’s all about the money, honey
  42. Witless white noise, virulent ugliness: Brexit debate plays out its last scenes
  43. Why politicians and fictional characters have a lot in common
  44. Report urges India to allow overseas universities to open up campuses
  45. Uber, entrepreneur social ? Sans doute. L’ubérisation ? Pas forcément
  46. Treaty debate will only strengthen Indigenous recognition process
  47. Experienced shareholders better than independent directors for business
  48. Sky's the limit – now share the love
  49. Drug companies are buying doctors – for as little as a $16 meal
  50. How CSIRO is turbocharging the world's largest radio telescopes

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