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What are voters’ attitudes to constitutional change?
Bede Harris | September 23, 2014Australians have been asked what they think of a constitutional reform. Bede Harris says the survey indicates that voters are far more willing to consider reform than has previously been supposed.
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What happened to our retirement?
Nicole Orr | September 23, 2014Australians born after 1965 will have to work until they are 70 years old. Nicole Orr says we need a greater understanding of the secondary effects this will have on the individual, the economy and the communities of Australia.
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A new approach to educational disadvantage
June McLoughlin | September 23, 2014June McLoughlin, Director of Family and Children's Services at Doveton College, delivered a speech at the Global Access Partners Annual Growth Summit on Education on Friday 19 September 2014. She says that to better engage families, schools needs to fundamentally change the way they interact with young people, parents and the broader community.
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Speciesism: why do we love one animal but condemn the other?
Emmanuel Giuffre | September 23, 2014Speciesism is a term that describes our discrimination of animals on the basis of them belonging to a certain species. Emmanuel Giuffre from the animal protection institute Voiceless says it is time to rethink our inconsistent relationship with animals.
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On being a teacher
Paul Grover | September 18, 2014Teaching requires dedicated professionals who promote the significance of investing in equity and excellence in education. Paul Grover, who has won the national teacher educator of the year award, describes the responsibility and privilege of being in this profession.
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Australian education: an OECD perspective
Sergio Arzeni | September 18, 2014Australia fares well in terms of youth and adult skills compared to other OECD countries. Dr Sergio Arzeni says the tasks ahead are tackling disparities and ensuring that education leads on to good employment opportunities for all.
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How I designed my own self-study program to become a global business leader
Ankit Khandelwal | September 16, 2014Learning is going through disruptive changes with the unbundling of higher education. Ankit Khandelwal explains how he created an alternative way to educate himself with a program of self-directed learning.
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The intervention versus homelands – shattered ambitions
Brendan Howden | September 16, 2014Homelands began in the 1960s in a political climate of increasing recognition of Indigenous rights and progressive reform. Brendan Howden says homelands offer a more successful and sustainable way forward for remote area Aboriginal people than the intervention model.
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Community services for children or commercial economic services for GDP?
Eva Cox | September 15, 2014The Government has asked the Productivity Commission for a public inquiry into future options for childcare and early childhood learning. Social and political researcher Eva Cox explains why she is critical of the recommendations in the draft report.
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Australians an endangered species?
Laurence Strano | September 15, 2014Prime Minister Tony Abbott has raised the terror alert to “high”, meaning the risk of an attack is likely. Laurence Strano says that important questions need to be answered in order to make Australia once again safe from threat.
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Disconnect to reconnect
Open Forum | September 12, 2014Social September encourages us to press pause – disconnect from our digital lives and reconnect with each other and ourselves. The aim is to create spaces for face-to-face social connection, promoting positive mental health and wellbeing.
