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Thinktank calls on government to streamline visas to address ‘Covid-induced drag’ on migration system

Researchers and Greens raise concerns about ‘national interest test’ introduced by Coalition which Labor has signalled will remain

An independent review of the Australian Research Council will report back to the federal government by March 2023.

Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan in on a four-day visit to Australia

An extra 20,000 university places in 2023 and 2024 will be allocated to marginalised Australians in a bid to tackle acute skills shortages.

The government has shown its determination to address discontent in classrooms. On Friday, the federal Education Minister, Jason Clare, and his state and territory counterparts met and decided to have a "national action plan" by December.

Last Friday, Australia’s state and federal education ministers met with emotional teachers, who spoke of working on weekends and Mothers’ Day to cope with unsustainable workloads – and how they were thinking about leaving the profession.

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Federal, state and territory ministers will develop a national action plan, to be agreed to in December, following a meeting to fix the "massive challenge" of teacher shortages.

Horror stories of burnout, demoralisation and ever-growing workloads have become all too common as the education system faces an "unprecedented" teacher drought that's the "single biggest issue" facing all school sectors.

Federal, state and territory education ministers have met in Canberra to discuss the national teacher shortage and to fix the crisis.