Matthew Knott is a political reporter in the Canberra bureau covering communications and education policy.
The ABC should engage more with the business community by encouraging its journalists to lunch with corporate leaders and embedding its reporters in companies for short periods, a major review of the broadcaster's business coverage has found.
The push to encourage more students to enrol in science and technology degrees is dangerous and risks leaving many graduates unemployed, the respected Grattan Institute has warned.
Bill Shorten's push for a banking royal commission is a "populist whinge" that threatens to undermine a key pillar of the Australian economy, Treasurer Scott Morrison says.
The Turnbull government faces an almighty struggle to pass its centrepiece election policy.
The peak body representing Australian universities has urged the Turnbull government to finally abandon the 20 per cent funding cut to universities originally proposed in the Abbott government's politically-toxic 2014 budget.
University leaders are calling for a radical rethink of how student fees and funding rates are set for different courses, with the current system widely seen as outdated, overly-complicated and riddled with anomalies.
Kylie Sturgess loves science fiction - so much that at the last census, the radio tutor marked "Jedi" in the religion section. Her husband, who has travelled with her from Perth to Atlanta several times for sci-fi and fantasy conventions, did the same.
ABC managing director Michelle Guthrie says she wants the ABC to strive harder to appeal to all Australians, not just to young children and older audience members, and ensure is not affected "unconscious bias".
Kim Carr has been the ultimate survivor, but when a group of the Labor Party's most senior figures turned on him, most thought his Labor career was over.
The Turnbull government faces blanket opposition among vice chancellors to its proposal to create a new tier of courses with deregulated fees, with even the nation's most prestigious universities rejecting the idea.
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