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02 December 2014 -
Australian College of Educators
Source: The Age The Abbott government has made major concessions on its proposed higher
education reforms in a bid to strike
The Age The Abbott government has made major concessions on its proposed
higher education reforms in a bid to strike a Senate Source: The Age...
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02 December 2014 -
ABC News
Canberra's two biggest universities contributed more than $1.
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02 December 2014 -
Brimbank Star Weekly
sponsored links Victoria University has denied it has secret plans to sell its Melton and
St Albans campuses.
...May 2012, the state government announced massive cuts to the TAFE
sector, which saw funding for Victoria University drop from more than $100...
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02 December 2014 -
The Advocate
CLIVE Palmer could be the white knight who delivers a game-changing cash boost for UTAS.
...benefits for Tasmania under the Abbott government's proposed
higher education reforms. However, the government believes former Palmer United...
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02 December 2014 -
ABC News
If the Government is to get its higher education plan through the senate then it needs
the support of six of the eight crossbenchers.
Higher
education plan not perfect but reform is necessary: Madigan If the Government is to get its higher education plan through the senate then...
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02 December 2014 -
The Canberra Times
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...Christopher Pyne's announcement of a number concessions to its
higher education reforms in a bid to move fee deregulation through the Senate...
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02 December 2014 -
PRIME7 - Yahoo!7_n2
The Federal Opposition has orchestrated a Senate tactic that will leave the Government
with a new dilemma in the final sitting week
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02 December 2014 -
The Canberra Times
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...former laboratory in Clayton, mainly supervising PhD students. Speaking to Fairfax
Media, Dr Thang, 60, said he did not want to criticise the...
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02 December 2014 -
The Canberra Times
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...he's become a rape apologist, or if his anti-religion sentiments have crept into
the territory of racism and Islamophobia. But despite Watson's...
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02 December 2014 -
Brisbane Times
The University of Queensland is "flying blind" with its 2015 budget, according to Vice-Chancellor
Professor Peter Høj.
UQ 'flying blind' because of fee
reform deadlock The University of Queensland is "flying blind" with its 2015 budget, according to Vice-Chancellor...
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02 December 2014 -
The Australian - Higher Education
INDONESIA, China and India are the big three for next year’s New Colombo student mobility
grants.
Indonesia, China and India take lead in New Colombo
grants INDONESIA, China and India are the big three for next year s New Colombo student mobility...
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02 December 2014 -
The Australian - Higher Education
STRUCTURED training has continued its free fall, with Australia now home to the fewest
apprentices and trainees in a decade.
...in
a decade. New figures from the National Centre for Vocational
Education Research show that there were just over 350,000 apprentices and trainees...
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02 December 2014 -
The Daily Telegraph
THE NSW Opposition says shifting courses away from TAFE NSW South Western Sydney Institute
in Padstow is a “secret plan” to
...the Fiat Chrysler program, continuing to 2016. Hospitality
courses and information and communications technology courses in Padstow will cease...
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02 December 2014 -
The Australian - National Affairs
INDIGENOUS academic Marcia Langton says the Abbott government is failing Aboriginal people
by refusing to endorse a new
Marcia Langton lashes out at future fund silence INDIGENOUS
academic Marcia Langton says the Abbott government is failing Aboriginal people by...
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02 December 2014 -
The Australian - Higher Education
DISSIDENT vice-chancellor Stephen Parker has lashed the sector’s peak body for its support
of the government’s deregulation
Peak
university lobby will not survive deregulation: Parker DISSIDENT vice-chancellor Stephen Parker has lashed
the sector s peak body for its...
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01 December 2014 -
Illawarra Mercury
Universities and other educational institutes need to better tailor their courses to the
needs of business, says Kate
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01 December 2014 -
The Australian - Higher Education
THE federal government is making a last-ditch attempt to legislate its university funding
cuts as Tony Abbott declares the reform
...federal government is making
a last-ditch attempt to legislate its university funding cuts as Tony Abbott declares
the reform will be The Prime...
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02 December 2014 -
ArchitectureAU
The education landscape has changed significantly in the last fifteen years.
...new challenges that are driving education design today. How can
architecture and design help to integrate the online world of learning with the...
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02 December 2014 -
The Canberra Times
The US studio Sony Pictures Television has bought the Australian production company Playmaker
Media in a move which gives
...Sony Pictures Television has bought the Australian production company Playmaker
Media in a move which gives the production The US studio Sony...
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02 December 2014 -
ABC Radio National
The Short and Sweet Theatre Festival began in Sydney 15 years ago, and now it operates
in nine sites in Australia, as well as
Short and Sweet: Ten minute
theatre festival The Short and Sweet Theatre Festival began in Sydney 15 years ago, and now it operates in nine sites...
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02 December 2014 -
The Canberra Times
It's a bit like eavesdropping on private conversations when you read the handwritten letters
people exchanged 100 years ago, but
...survive. Highlights of White's papers are on display in the
National Library of Australia's current exhibition Keepsakes: Australians and the Great...
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02 December 2014 -
WA Today
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...know. EXCLUSIVE Fire-bombings and ground burnings by the state
government are causing irreparable damage to ancient rock art and in some cases...
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02 December 2014 -
Moree Champion
A TOUCHING exhibition will be held at the Yaama Ganu gallery on Thursday, showcasing photography
of local Aboriginal children.
Exhibition focuses on local, Aboriginal youth A TOUCHING
exhibition will be held at the Yaama Ganu gallery on Thursday, showcasing photography...
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02 December 2014 -
The Canberra Times
The search for "efficiencies" at the ABC could have all sorts of unintended consequences
for another taxpayer-funded media group.
...could have all sorts of unintended consequences for another taxpayer-funded
media group. The search for "efficiencies" at the ABC could have...
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02 December 2014 -
The Canberra Times
The labour market, not budget restraint, should determine the price of the skills the government
needs.
...careful policy analysis. Andrew Podger is a professor of public
policy at the Australian National University, and a former departmental secretary...
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02 December 2014 -
The Canberra Times
She might not be a feminist, but Australia’s first female Foreign Minister is a huge asset
to the government and aspiring women leaders.
...in leadership. At a Press Club lunch to honour Australian women in
media, she paid tribute to all the women who have been cabinet ministers before...
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02 December 2014 -
The Australian
A SHY Aretha Namatjira, the great-great-granddaughter of famous Aboriginal artist Albert
Namatjira, has travelled from
...Namatjira, the great-great-granddaughter of famous Aboriginal
artist Albert Namatjira, has travelled from the Northern Joined by her grandmother,
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02 December 2014 -
The Australian
COMPUTER programs used to enhance human creativity are behind a new “moving’’ painting
that mimics the growth and evolution of real plants.
...programs used to enhance human creativity are behind a new moving
painting that mimics the growth and evolution of real plants. Digital artist...
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02 December 2014 -
The Australian - National Affairs
RECONCILIATION Australia founding co-chairman Fred Chaney has warned that however sympathetic
white Australia is for
...is for ending indigenous Delivering a speech at the Australian National
University last night, Mr Chaney also announced he would step down from...
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02 December 2014 -
The Australian
WENDY Martin says a sense of adventure drove her to apply for the job she has just landed
as the next artistic director of
...any clue. She was asked what she made of the state of the
arts sector in Australia. It s devastating to have a government that does not respect...
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02 December 2014 -
The Holiday and Travel Magazine
The Australian music industry gathered for the prestigious ARIA Awards at The Star earlier
this week where it was announced both
...Minister for Tourism and Major Events Troy Grant said, This
funding ensures Australia s pinnacle music industry events remain in Sydney, the...
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01 December 2014 -
PSnews
The Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies (AIATSIS) has
won an important role in new
...provide evidence to help reduce violence against women and their children.
Research Fellow at AIATSIS, Ray Lovett will lead a small team tasked...
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01 December 2014 -
Law Institute Victoria
A national survey of Australian lawyers found that higher levels of depression, anxiety
and stress were associated with
...occupation, and the social organisation of creativity. She is a
Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences. Acknowledgement: This
research was...
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