University
Melbourne Uni agrees to repay $72 million to academic staff
The prestigious university has agreed to pay millions in interest and superannuation on top of the wage repayments to 25,000 current and former staff. One worker was underpaid by $150,000.
- by Noel Towell
Latest
Many Gen Zs are working multiple jobs. Are they missing out on their 20s?
New data shows more people under 25 are working multiple jobs. But at what cost?
- by Lauren Ironmonger and Alyssa Talakovski
Opinion
Freedom of speech
Sydney Uni’s ‘enforced civility’ is an assault on free speech – and likely unlawful
It could become one of the most restrictive campuses in the country for peaceful protest, intellectual freedom and critical debate.
- by Sarah Schwartz
Students were unfazed at a $40,000 HECS debt. Years on, reality has sunk in
Students flocked to arts degrees during the pandemic. But almost four years on, alarm bells are ringing.
- by Daniella White
Meet the WA students given a spot at university for being good people
These students have made lasting, positive changes in their high schools, and have turned that impact into a university degree.
- by Holly Thompson
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Immigration
‘Australians don’t want to do the work’: Top restaurants slam migration crackdown
Judy McMahon, owner of Rose Bay harbourside restaurant Catalina, said more than half of her employees were on visas.
- by Daniella White
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Catholic church
The abortion speech, the student walkout – and the Catholic civil war
A row over an anti-abortion graduation speech prompted high-ranking church officials and conservative lawyers to accuse the Australian Catholic University of failing to uphold the faith.
- by Jordan Baker
Dodgy science in crosshairs as fraud audit censures Australia’s top research agency
The National Health and Medical Research Council has been criticised over its lax approach to scientific misconduct in an audit that lays the groundwork for changes in the way bad science is policed.
- by Liam Mannix
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Political leadership
Voters back Labor’s proposed HECS changes. They are even keener for an overhaul of uni fees
But the key adviser who helped devise the HECS regime, Bruce Chapman, has warned against the “fantasy” of free education.
- by Natassia Chrysanthos and David Crowe
Colleges shut, thousands of students lose qualifications in fake diploma crackdown
About 17,000 students across the country have been told their qualifications will be torn up.
- by Daniella White
Sydney Uni boss declares his job is safe as campus free speech debate rages
The vice chancellor’s comments come as the university faces a backlash for its proposed “civility rule”, which critics fear will hamper political expression.
- by Daniella White