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Relief less than hoped for 'squeezed' small businesses

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

Workers to enjoy real wages growth, despite inflation

Workers to enjoy real wages growth, despite inflation

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

Households to get energy bill relief, rent help goes up

Households to get energy bill relief, rent help goes up

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.

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Pro-Palestine university encampment ordered to disband

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

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.

Ambitious plan for Aussie kids needs action: advocates

Ambitious plan for Aussie kids needs action: advocates

A decade long blueprint for Australia's early childhood system has been released with well-being advocates calling for real action.

Aspiring teachers, nurses to be paid during placements

Aspiring teachers, nurses to be paid during placements

For the first time, students training for jobs in industries with workforce shortages will be paid during their compulsory work placements.

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Relief for students with $3b of HECS debt eliminated

Relief for students with $3b of HECS debt eliminated

Relief for students with $3b of HECS debt eliminated

Relief for students with $3b of HECS debt eliminated

About $3 billion worth of student debt will be wiped for more than three million Australians struggling through the cost-of-living crisis.

Swinburne casual staff underpaid almost $3 million

Swinburne casual staff underpaid almost $3 million

Swinburne casual staff underpaid almost $3 million

Swinburne casual staff underpaid almost $3 million

Casual staff at Swinburne University who were employed between 2017 to 2023 are owed almost $3 million in unpaid wages.

Lucky country no more: costs push foreign students away

Lucky country no more: costs push foreign students away

Lucky country no more: costs push foreign students away

Lucky country no more: costs push foreign students away

Cost of living pressure, the price of education and uncertainty around migration policy have been blamed for scaring international students away from Australia.

Uni boards stacked with corporate appointments: report

Uni boards stacked with corporate appointments: report

Uni boards stacked with corporate appointments: report

Uni boards stacked with corporate appointments: report

A study has found more than one-quarter of university boards are comprised of unelected corporate appointments, leading to calls for a governance overhaul.

'Untenable' student debt hikes by thousands of dollars

'Untenable' student debt hikes by thousands of dollars

'Untenable' student debt hikes by thousands of dollars

'Untenable' student debt hikes by thousands of dollars

The average student with about $26,500 in HECS debts will owe the government more than $1250 extra due to indexation.

Thousands of WA teachers set to stop work over wages

Thousands of WA teachers set to stop work over wages

Thousands of WA teachers set to stop work over wages

Thousands of WA teachers set to stop work over wages

West Australian public schools are expected to close or partially close amid a teachers' strike to protest against the state government's latest pay offer.

Parents fear kids sent back to asbestos-riddled rooms

Parents fear kids sent back to asbestos-riddled rooms

Parents fear kids sent back to asbestos-riddled rooms

Parents fear kids sent back to asbestos-riddled rooms

Children may have been exposed to asbestos for months or years after the hazardous material was detected at a primary school, parents say.

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Jobs bonanza for regions under clean energy blueprint

Australia can "again be a country that makes things" under a blueprint for building solar panels and electric trucks, and assembling wind towers.

Fears budget cuts will speed up public school exodus

Public school budget cuts of almost $150 million are unrelated to a pay rise for teachers, the NSW government says.

Add skills to adapt to 'new era' in climate disclosure

An online course to help firms meet obligations under new global and Australian sustainability and climate-related financial standards has opened for enrolment.

An extra hour of sleep as daylight saving ends

People in NSW, Victoria, Tasmania, South Australia and ACT will have an extra hour of sleep as daylight saving ends for another year.

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Migrant water safety cash call after double drowning

The Victorian government is being urged to invest more in multicultural water safety education after the deaths of two men from Melbourne's Indian community.

Calls for suspension as a last resort in schools

Experts have called for schools to have a support-based model in submissions to a parliamentary committee scrutinising Queensland's education reforms.

Students with disability diminished in education revamp

A bold plan to boost university numbers has been accused of perpetuating low expectations of students with disabilities.

Deadly Heart Trek works with community to eliminate RHD

Rheumatic Heart Disease is a preventable condition that disproportionately affects First Nations people. The Deadly Heart Trek wants to help eliminate it.

Students face poverty from course they 'do for love'

Students, academics, and union representatives are calling on the government to adopt new models to replace unpaid placements for social work students.

Young drivers with own cars at higher risk of crashes

Parents have been warned to think again about buying a car for their teens as research shows young drivers with their own vehicles are more likely to crash.

Public schools up ante on Vic funding deal with feds

Principals have descended on Victoria's parliament to call on the state government not to sign a Commonwealth funding deal that short-changes public schools.

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