Tanya Plibersek, shadow minister for education, told reporters recently that Australia is slightly below average when it comes to international funding for our schools. Is that right?
New measure of 32 countries’ economic balance places UK and US near bottom of the pile.
Indonesian girls are performing better than boys in the PISA test. But the overall performance of Indonesian students in science, mathematics and reading is among the lowest of participating countries.
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The latest PISA report shows Indonesian girls outperforming boys in all subjects. But, overall, Indonesian students are low performers among students of PISA-participating countries.
Was Liberal backbencher Craig Kelly right about the relative cost of electricity in Australia and the US?
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There are still a few real-world tests the Diverted Profits Tax or “Google Tax” will have to face before the government can claim it’s among the toughest in the world.
Recent decades have seen a rapid growth in new technologies that are rendering the high seas more accessible.
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Global economic realities shouldn’t deter African universities from continuing to push for massification. But they must do so armed with knowledge, lessons from elsewhere and strong funding models.
In 2015, one in five Australians aged between 16 and 24 spent at least a year out of employment, education or training.
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Working life is becoming more fluid, if not precarious. We need to look at how our education systems are preparing young people for a changing workplace.
Migrants have been accused of ‘clogging up the NHS’. But where would the NHS be without them?
A street trader looks out from his store in Cape Town, South Africa. Defining people who earn US$2 a day as middle class doesn’t make sense.
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Some economists have touted the rising middle class as a panacea for Africa’s challenges. But a more realistic diagnosis of what makes up a middle class is needed.
‘Labor leader Bill Shorten was wrong to claim an immediate GDP boost from his party’s education policy.’
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Australian Council of Social Service chief Cassandra Goldie told Q&A that Australia is among the lowest-taxing countries in the OECD. Is that accurate?
South African companies aren’t doing enough when it comes to sustainability reporting.
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