Matthew Knott

Matthew Knott is the education and Senate correspondent for the Sydney Morning Herald and The Age, based in Parliament House

The nation's most prestigious universities have launched a savage attack on the government's higher education proposals.

The Catholic school sector has reacted angrily to suggestions it is "funnelling" money away from students in disadvantaged areas.

The Turnbull government has been accused of misleading parents about the impact of its Gonski 2.0 school funding changes.

Media bosses urge Senate to support scrapping of "outdated and increasingly irrelevant" restrictions on media ownership.

Warnings Catholic schools will have to hike their fees by $5000 a year have been rubbished by one of the country's largest archdioceses.

Funding increases for needy schools would be fast-tracked under a new Gonski proposal.

Private education sector says more than 400 of its schools would be worse off under funding shift.

Anne Aly says bomber fits newer profile of terrorists as young, educated and home-grown.

Data suggests Catholic education authorities may be redistributing funds to high-income schools to keep fees low in wealthy suburbs.

Greg Hywood was also forced to defend his salary and performance bonuses at inquiry.

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