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Students fight cuts to last museum courses in state

Students fight cuts to last museum courses in state

Graduate courses in museum studies are in line to be cut at the University of Queensland, and students are worried they will have to move interstate.

Liberal urges inquiry into anti-Semitism on campuses

Liberal urges inquiry into anti-Semitism on campuses

Liberal urges inquiry into anti-Semitism on campuses

Liberal urges inquiry into anti-Semitism on campuses

An opposition MP has put forward laws to set up an inquiry examining rising levels of anti-Semitism at universities.

Reform call as student debt hiked by thousands of bucks

Reform call as student debt hiked by thousands of bucks

Reform call as student debt hiked by thousands of bucks

Reform call as student debt hiked by thousands of bucks

Those with student debts will have their outstanding amount increased due to indexation but changes to the scheme will reduce the balance later this year.

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Department, pool managers fined after child, 8, drowned

Department, pool managers fined after child, 8, drowned

Victoria's education department and a community pool manager have been fined after a Grade 2 student drowned on a school excursion three years ago.

Police investigate 'vile' ranking of female students

Police investigate 'vile' ranking of female students

Police are investigating an Instagram post categorising school girls as 'abduction material', 'one night stand' and 'unrapeable', weeks after a similar event.

Low TAFE completion rate due to job offers: Premier

Low TAFE completion rate due to job offers: Premier

Low completion rates for free TAFE courses have been described as "astonishing" but the Victorian premier insists it's because many students quickly got jobs.

'Really unfair': rural families demand more childcare

'Really unfair': rural families demand more childcare

Essential workers such as nurses cannot get back to work in country Australia due to inadequate childcare. A new rural coalition wants to change that.

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New campaign to nip consent confusion in the bud

New campaign to nip consent confusion in the bud

New campaign to nip consent confusion in the bud

New campaign to nip consent confusion in the bud

A new multi-million-dollar advertising campaign asks adults to brush up on their understanding of consent before discussing it with each other and young people.

Teacher who abused boy freed and cleared due to gender

Teacher who abused boy freed and cleared due to gender

Teacher who abused boy freed and cleared due to gender

Teacher who abused boy freed and cleared due to gender

A former school teacher has had her conviction for abusing a young boy overturned on the basis that the NSW offence did not apply to women at the time.

Pro-Palestine camp to end when uni gives in to demands

Pro-Palestine camp to end when uni gives in to demands

Pro-Palestine camp to end when uni gives in to demands

Pro-Palestine camp to end when uni gives in to demands

Encampments are being dismantled at many universities but students from the University of Melbourne will not pack up until it publicly gives in to a key demand.

Roll out the barrel: regional NSW gets business boost

Roll out the barrel: regional NSW gets business boost

Roll out the barrel: regional NSW gets business boost

Roll out the barrel: regional NSW gets business boost

Rural and remote airstrips will be upgraded and country towns will get money for child care under state funding aimed at kick-starting regional businesses.

University international student intake to be capped

University international student intake to be capped

University international student intake to be capped

University international student intake to be capped

Laws setting a limit on the number of students from overseas that higher education providers can take each year have been introduced to federal parliament.

'Desperate' cash splash for teachers in needy schools

'Desperate' cash splash for teachers in needy schools

'Desperate' cash splash for teachers in needy schools

'Desperate' cash splash for teachers in needy schools

Teachers willing to work at an understaffed school could benefit from thousands of dollars in bonuses, but unions say the real issue lies in underfunding.

Australia boosts funding for Pacific to counter China

Australia boosts funding for Pacific to counter China

Australia boosts funding for Pacific to counter China

Australia boosts funding for Pacific to counter China

Amid China's growing presence in the Indo-Pacific, Australia will spend more to boost its standing in the region, the budget papers show.

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Struggling music festivals offered funding lifeline

Years of weak ticket sales and soaring costs have brought Australian music festivals to their knees, but the government's budget may provide a ray of hope.

Internet age limits and online harm targeted in budget

A pilot program to restrict teens' internet use and programs to tackle harmful online content will be funded in the federal budget.

Mind the gap: Indigenous funding in focus after voice

Closing the health, justice and education gap between Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australians has become a budget priority after the failed referendum.

Submarines sink more taxpayer money as costs climb

The bill for Australia's acquisition of nuclear-powered submarines continues to climb as millions of dollars is sunk into training the skilled workers required.

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Women offered support on path out of domestic violence

Women escaping domestic violence will receive stronger health care, legal services and financial support to address the 'national shame'.

Rural health still on life support after modest budget

Rural communities say healthcare is at the heart of prosperity in the bush as populations grow. But the federal budget includes very few new health measures.

Relief less than hoped for 'squeezed' small businesses

Power bill and tax relief will help small businesses overcome rising costs and slowing consumer spending, despite no increase to instant asset write-offs.

Workers to enjoy real wages growth, despite inflation

Australia's labour market is proving remarkably resilient, despite slowing economic growth, meaning workers can expect wages growth to outstrip inflation.

Households to get energy bill relief, rent help goes up

Energy bill relief and more rent assistance will form part of a cost-of-living package in the federal budget to help Australians struggling to makes ends meet.

Pro-Palestine university encampment ordered to disband

Officials at a Melbourne university are demanding a pro-Palestine encampment move on as counter-protesters confront each other at another campus.

Unis warn foreign student cap will harm research, jobs

The government promises a cap on international student visas will improve educational integrity but universities warn it will lead to research underfunding.

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