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Vice-chancellors' salaries are just a symptom of what's wrong with universities

  • Written by: Kristen Lyons, Associate Professor Environment and Development Sociology, The University of Queensland
Vice-chancellors' salaries are just a symptom of what's wrong with universitiesshutterstock

The recent furore over the UK’s highest-paid vice-chancellor, Bath University’s Dame Glynis Breakwell, exposes much that is wrong with higher education.

The case has drawn public attention to the inflated salaries of vice-chancellors and the huge wage disparities between managers and low-paid casual academics. In some...

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Australian cities are far from being meccas for walking and cycling

  • Written by: Dorina Pojani, Senior Lecturer in Urban Planning, The University of Queensland
Australian cities are far from being meccas for walking and cyclingOnly in a few active travel strongholds, typically in the inner city, do Australian cycling and walking rates get close to those in Europe.Andrew Robinson/Flickr, CC BY-NC

Australian city planners are seeking ways to make cities better for walking and cycling.

Walkability and cyclability are attractive and “green” urban amenities. They...

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The benefits of job automation are not likely to be shared equally

  • Written by: Shahid M Shahiduzzaman, Research Fellow, Digital Economy, Queensland University of Technology

While companies might reap significant gains in productivity from automating certain jobs, this won’t necessarily lead to pay rises for everyone. The evidence suggests businesses might pass on the gains to some workers, but not to all.

Some 40% of all jobs are predicted to disappear with automation in Australia. The jobs most likely to go...

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The Murray Darling Basin Plan is not delivering – there's no more time to waste

  • Written by: Quentin Grafton, Director of the Centre for Water Economics, Environment and Policy, Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University
The Murray Darling Basin Plan is not delivering – there's no more time to wasteDespite billions spent on trying to save water in the Murray Darling Basin, results have been disappointing.John Williams, Author provided

More than five years after the Murray Darling Basin Plan was implemented, it’s clear that it is not delivering on its key objectives.

The Basin Plan, at its core, is about reducing the amount of water that...

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