• Open and shut case

    Anika Stobart     |      February 13, 2023

    Open plan classrooms are increasingly pushed by trendy education experts, despite every teacher knowing that traditional rows of desks in dedicated classrooms are much better for both pupils and teaching.

  • Shutting the trough

    Anika Stobart     |      August 23, 2022

    It’s time to take the pork off the table. Better processes and oversight of grant funding would help safeguard the public interest from political self-interest.

  • No holds barred in Australian political advertising

    Anika Stobart     |      April 17, 2022

    Australia is awash with political advertising, from the Coalition’s use of ‘government information’ to Clive Palmer’s banana coloured blitz, but its contribution to debate is doubtful.