Yesterday
Crescent Capital mulls exit for Green Leaves Early Learning
Street Talk understands the Sydney-based buyout firm is gearing up to add the Queensland-based childcare group to deal sheets.
- Sarah Thompson, Kanika Sood and Emma Rapaport
This Month
‘Cruiser schools’ and why parents might not be getting what they pay for
Australia has one of the most privatised school systems in the world, but national data suggests not all students are benefiting from their costly educations.
- Julie Hare
- Opinion
- Hospitals
Independent hospital pricing an opportunity for genuine health reform
The reality is private hospitals need fairer agreements with health funds. Providers, insurers, and government need to start a conversation.
- Martin Bowles
- Opinion
- Health insurance
Treating health funds like cash cows will be a disaster for our health system
If we want a sustainable private system, the next federal government must focus on reforms that put consumers before vested interests, to keep health insurance affordable.
- Rachel David
- Exclusive
- Vocational training
Why we got it wrong on education and skill shortages
After 15 years of policies encouraging people to go to university, Australia’s skills tsar says it is now time for a reset if we are to address chronic skill shortages.
- Julie Hare
November
- Opinion
- The AFR View
Pivotal election for higher education calls for bigger discussion
Beyond the next election horizon that is driving the student caps issue, the challenges universities now face deserve a serious policy conversation.
- The AFR View
- Opinion
- University
Neither side of politics shares Menzies’ vision for higher education
Instead of Labor and the Coalition blaming international students for housing shortages, they should reimagine our universities as engines of progress.
- Georgina Downer
‘Sounds like a comedy sketch, lunch with a person on Ozempic’
After a lifetime of being overweight, best-selling author Johann Hari lost 20 kilograms on Ozempic, but he says it’s much more than a weight-loss drug.
- Fiona Buffini
- Opinion
- Universities in crisis
Higher education own goal needs urgent correction
Faced with knee-jerk decision-making and a uni sector in limbo, why would an overseas student not look elsewhere for an education?
- Pascale Quester
- Opinion
- International students
Foreign students row is political kryptonite
The government accuses Peter Dutton of hypocrisy for rejecting its foreign student caps, but the Opposition Leader is not about to do Labor any favours this close to an election.
- Jennifer Hewett
- Opinion
- Australian economy
Cut foreign student numbers with a levy, not a cap
A levy is an economically sensible alternative policy that will create a revenue stream for governments and deliver more financial resources to universities.
- Rabee Tourky, Rohan Pitchford and Bruce Chapman
Demand for postgraduate courses on the rise
Students increasingly look for shorter and more industry-aligned qualifications, experts say.
- Sian Powell
Make university free, but beware the professional student
Readers’ letters on the downside of fee-free uni; supermarket competition; the US election result; lessons for a future female US president; approvals for renewables; and the impact of extreme weather.
- Analysis
- Diet
Is it healthy to eat just once a day?
Bruce Springsteen said he does, so experts were asked about the science behind the one-meal-a-day diet.
- Amanda Schupak
Montessori Academy childcare founders reclaim control
Street Talk wouldn’t be surprised to see bankers add Montessori Academy to their list of IPO prospects as 95 per cent of the business transfers to the founders.
- Sarah Thompson, Kanika Sood and Emma Rapaport
- Opinion
- University
Labor’s uni debt election bribe trashes fairness
The principle of ensuring fairness all-round will be trashed by handing out a 20 per cent debt cut regardless of income. It is middle-class welfare on steroids.
- The AFR View
- Opinion
- Education
Labor’s mimicking of Biden on uni debt is inequitable and indefensible
Not satisfied with crippling Australia’s higher education system with its self-destructive student caps, the government simply couldn’t resist doubling down.
- Steven Hamilton
How to avoid harsh lockdowns in the next pandemic
Politicians were the information gatekeepers in Australia during the economically crippling lockdowns of 2021, but scientists have a better idea.
- Michael Smith
October
- Opinion
- COVID inquiry
The danger of COVID zealots has not passed
The proposed new Australian Centre for Disease Control is open to the same ideological capture that plagued its US counterpart.
- Nick Coatsworth
ACL chief Melinda McGrath gets a bloody easy new bonus
As well as a lavish eight weeks of paid annual leave, she’ll receive a cash bonus of up to $2 million over the next two years.
- Myriam Robin
- Opinion
- Universities in crisis
How do our universities get their social licence back?
There are four issues that universities need to address if they are to revive their troubled reputations in Australian society.
- Shamit Saggar
How to drink yourself sober with one little $1 pill
A little-known pill and a counter-intuitive way of taking it upends the conventional wisdom about drinking and how to treat it. It’s like Ozempic for alcohol, but far cheaper.
- Fiona Buffini
Unis fall in global rankings; Florida’s hurricane alert; Why Harris isn’t playing up her gender
In today’s news, Australia’s universities tumble down global rankings, mass evacuations as hurricane heads towards Florida, and why Kamala Harris isn’t playing up her gender.
ANU cuts jobs to save $250m as overseas student cap bites
Chancellor Julie Bishop’s leadership of the Australian National University has been questioned after a major savings plan that will axe at least 50 jobs was announced.
- Julie Hare
