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Why does Dutton say Labor’s international student cap is ‘a dog’s breakfast’ – and what do universities think?

Both major parties want to reduce immigration – particularly by international students. So why the Coalition backflip on Labor’s bill?

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Extra $110m for schools ups pressure on holdout states

The education minister is working to sign updated school funding agreements with states and territories, agreeing to pump $1 billion into the nation's capital.

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Foreign student cap at risk as coalition blocks bill

Uncertainty is swirling around the future of university enrolments after the opposition vowed to stand against a cap on overseas student arrivals.

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‘Band-aid’: debt relief fails to address inequitable pricing of degrees, university students say

Albanese’s plan is viewed as a ‘last-ditch effort’ to win votes but students also want the vexed jobs ready graduate scheme reversed

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Campus-style hubs to aid uni students in city outskirts

University campus-style facilities are set to make life easier for students living on the outskirts of Australia's biggest cities.

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University fees to be set by new commission as Labor urged to reverse Scott Morrison’s price hikes

Anthony Albanese hits out at Coalition MP who got a ‘free education’ but is now ‘lecturing people they can’t have their debt reduced’

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Labor’s wiping of 20% of Hecs debt barely moves the needle. Australia’s students need to be freed from their crushing debt

Anthony Albanese, who went to university for free, needs to do more than toss us crumbs in the form of half-baked debt relief

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Labor’s Election Promise To Slash Student Debt By 20%: What You Need To Know

Aussies who owe $27,600 on their HECS / HELP debt — the national average — could see a cut of more than $5,000.

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HECS cut to help fix 'intergenerational unfairness': PM

The federal government has unveiled plans to cut HECS debt by one-fifth for university students if it wins the next election.

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University graduates to save $5,500, on average, in Albanese plan to wipe 20% of student debt

Federal government overhaul to remove close to $20bn of student debt for 3 million Australians

The Guardian - AU

University graduates to save $680 a year, on average, as Albanese announces increase to Hecs threshold

PM to announce change that would see minimum debt repayment threshold lifted from $54,000 to $67,000 from next financial year

The Guardian - AU

A thousand Australian university jobs are at risk. Who’s to blame for the dire financial state?

The university sector is shedding hundreds of jobs, with responsibility being laid at the feet of government reforms and poor management. How did we get here?

The Guardian - AU

‘I believe I can win’: the immigrant hoping to upset Labor in a western Sydney stronghold

Ahmed Ouf, a pharmacist from Egypt, says local election success means he can take Blaxland from Jason Clare

The Guardian - AU

Sussan Ley says Richard Marles should resign if he failed to provide safe workplace for chief of staff

Deputy opposition leader expresses concern for Jo Tarnawsky’s welfare after chief of staff claims she was effectively sacked

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There’s a new school funding bill in parliament. Will this end the funding wars?

On Thursday, federal Education Minister Jason Clare introduced a school funding bill to parliament.

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Foreign student cap on courses a 'reserve power'

Education Minister Jason Clare says limits for foreign students taking up individual degrees will only be used as a back up.

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'Enough blood has been spilled': concern over Gaza toll

A senior Australian minister has questioned whether Israel is complying with international law in its bombing of schools and hospitals in Gaza.

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Australia’s biggest states hold out for greater public school funding as deadline passes

Queensland, Victoria, NSW and South Australia defy education minister Jason Clare and push on for a 5% increase in federal funds

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Vigils, protests mark October 7 anniversary

One year on from Hamas’ attacks on Israel, October 7 vigils will be held across the country, and the government is threatening a double dissolution election as it reintroduces its Help to Buy bill.

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Labor to introduce public school funding bill after states ignore ‘arbitrary’ deadline

Exclusive: Parliament is set for a fight over public school funding as Labor prepares to introduce a bill that would make what’s currently the maximum Commonwealth contribution the minimum instead.

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'Catastrophic' student caps blasted before inquiry

Training colleges have hit out at international student caps before a Senate committee hearing into new laws to crack down on dodgy providers.

AAP

Lebanon 'can't become Gaza' as Australians told to exit

Australians in Lebanon have been told to leave immediately as Foreign Minister Penny Wong urges Israel and Hezbollah to stop a destructive cycle of attacks.

The Guardian - AU

Labor has proposed a public school funding boost – states, crossbenchers and the Greens want more. What happens now?

The federal government says states and territories must ‘chip in’ to close the gap – but they say they’ve done the ‘heavy lifting’

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Labor’s ‘fully funded’ schools claim misleads

The federal government has not removed a loophole which potentially reduces funding to 96% of the Gonski level.

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Victoria digs its heels in over public school funding

Victoria has dug in its heels over an offer from the federal government on public school funding, arguing the Commonwealth should fill a known shortfall.

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