Politics

Education Minister Dan Tehan says universities should show common sense in applying a new policy on failure rates.

University

'Punishment': Backlash over funding changes for failing uni students

There have been warnings vulnerable students would be most at risk from a policy to revoke access to government funding for failing too many subjects.

1 hour ago
by Fergus Hunter

More than a million Australians are out of work.

Australian recession

One million people out of work for first time: ABS

by Shane Wright and Jennifer Duke

Industrial relations

'Inequitable outcomes': Unions lose bid to up sick leave

2 hours ago
by Nick Bonyhady

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Coronavirus pandemic

States and territories put on notice over unnecessary border restrictions

by Jennifer Duke

Aged care

Aged care operators were left waiting for promised financial aid

by David Crowe

Opinion & Perspectives

Action needed now to keep COVID-19 out of aged care

The Herald's View

More than two-thirds of Australian COVID-19 deaths to date have occurred in nursing homes. Urgent action is required to better protect our older citizens.

UNSW freedom of speech saga reveals danger of sector's reliance on China

The Herald's View

The dependency of Australian universities on Chinese money has left them compromised and the pandemic has made them desperate and the saga involving a UNSW article last week proves it.

Accountability in a pandemic: Why aren't more people mad at Dan Andrews?

Jacqueline Maley

It's a challenge: how to hold politicians to account while sustaining the bipartisanship that has defined our response to coronavirus.

Federal

University

'Punishment': Backlash over funding changes for failing uni students

There have been warnings vulnerable students would be most at risk from a policy to revoke access to government funding for failing too many subjects.

1 hour ago
by Fergus Hunter

Industrial relations

'Inequitable outcomes': Unions lose bid to up sick leave

Businesses have avoided a potential multibillion-dollar wage bill increase, with the High Court overturning a lower court decision that granted shift workers and part-time employees more sick leave.