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does Victoria have Australia's lowest rate of public school funding?

  • Written by: Jennifer Buckingham, Senior Research Fellow, The Centre for Independent Studies; Associate Investigator, ARC Centre of Excellence in Cognition and its Disorders, Macquarie University

Victoria has the lowest funding rate for public schools of any state in Australia. – Victorian Greens state election pamphlet, circulated in the seat of Melbourne, November 2018

does Victoria have Australia's lowest rate of public school funding?Victorian Greens state election pamphlet, November 2018.

The Australian Greens party this week outlined its federal public education policy, saying it would spend an...

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Friday essay: 50 shades of Shakespeare

  • Written by: Stuart Kells, Adjunct Professor, College of Arts, Social Sciences and Commerce, La Trobe University
Friday essay: 50 shades of ShakespeareWes Mountain/The Conversation, CC BY-ND

It’s hard to imagine a more literary or successful author than William Shakespeare, formerly of Stratford-upon-Avon. Around the world his plays are widely taught and expensively performed. Journalists and scholars look to him for social and political insights. In Washington DC, notionally the capital of...

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Why Canada's immigration system has been a success, and what Australia can learn from it

  • Written by: Jock Collins, Professor of Social Economics, UTS Business School, University of Technology Sydney
Why Canada's immigration system has been a success, and what Australia can learn from itPrime Minister Scott Morrison has called for a rethink of the 'top-down' approach to immigration in Australia, allowing states and territories more input.Shutterstock

Immigration policy will be a critical issue in forthcoming state (Victoria, NSW) and federal elections. The disproportionate impact of immigration on population growth and public...

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Labor's battery plan – good policy, or just good politics?

  • Written by: Guy Dundas, Energy Fellow, Grattan Institute
Labor's battery plan – good policy, or just good politics?With the right settings, Labor's new scheme could benefit householders as well as the grid itself.Shutterstock.com

Federal Labor obviously likes the politics of giving rebates of up to A$2,000 each to 100,000 households of prospective voters so they can install domestic batteries. But is this good policy that will support Australia’s...

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  5. Barley is not a random choice – here's the real reason China is taking on Australia over dumping
  6. Labor's energy policy is savvy – now is it scare-proof?
  7. Aboriginal health messages need to be made with us rather than for us
  8. How Australia’s Mandarin speakers get their news
  9. It’s still worth it for overseas students to study in Australia, but universities could be doing more
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  11. Why we should remember Boorong, Bennelong's third wife, who is buried beside him
  12. Here's a tip that could make banks phenomenally successful: radical honesty
  13. Asians out! Not in this suburb. Not in this apartment
  14. Why Australian retailers should respect the past and rename their 'Black Friday' sales
  15. City water restrictions hurt our most vulnerable – especially women
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  17. With China-US tensions on the rise, does Australia need a new defence strategy?
  18. It's hard to think about, but frail older women in nursing homes get sexually abused too
  19. It looks like an anchovy fillet but this ancient creature helps us understand how DNA works
  20. Households to get $2000 subsidy for batteries under Shorten energy policy
  21. Where has the joy of writing gone and how do we get it back for our children?
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  23. If there's one thing Pacific nations don't need, it's yet another infrastructure investment bank
  24. Fresh urgency in mapping out ethics of brain organoid research
  25. An urgent rethink is needed on the idealised image of the ANZAC digger
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  27. the carbon tax that would leave households better off
  28. If you're feeding with formula, here's what you can do to promote your baby's healthy growth
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  30. Why we should worry about Victoria's China memorandum of understanding
  31. The Greens set to be tested on a number of fronts in the Victorian election
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  33. how offline businesses are learning from Google to improve profits
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  37. public housing tenants fight for their place in the city
  38. Bainimarama wins again in Fiji, helped by muzzling the media, unions and the church
  39. Indonesia matters to us, and always has. Why the relationship will survive Morrison's Jerusalem thought bubble
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