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we explain in 6 charts

  • Written by: Geoff Sharrock, Honorary Senior Fellow, Centre for Vocational and Educational Policy, University of Melbourne
we explain in 6 chartsAustralia's public commentary will tell you our spending on tertiary education is much lower than other OECD countries'.from shutterstock.com

Each year universities check the latest OECD Education at a Glance report to see how Australian tertiary spending compares with peer countries.

The good news is that every report since 2012 has shown our tertia...

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when city folk just assume they're better

  • Written by: Timothy Baker, Associate Professor and Director, Centre for Rural Emergency Medicine, Deakin University
when city folk just assume they're betterIt isn't just that city dwellers assume superiority, some Australians living in rural and regional areas also internalise a sense of inferiority.Mangostar/Shutterstock

A self-proclaimed “farmer’s wife” triggered a groundswell of activity on Twitter this month from frustrated rural professionals across Australia. Kirsten Diprose...

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