Firebrand Tasmanian senator Jacqui Lambie is opposed to the government’s higher education funding changes, saying it will disadvantage poor students and poor families. Lambie said the new bill “makes university life harder for poor kids and poor parents” and was ...

Universities hammered by coronavirus border closures will be thrown a lifeline in next week's federal budget. Education Minister Dan Tehan has promised an extra $326 million to provide more domestic student places. The money is expected to cover 12,000 new ...

The University of the Sunshine Coast's coffers will be hardest hit by proposed changes to higher education funding, with the institution facing a loss of over $31 million a year. That was one of the surprising findings from new analysis ...

Research conducted by both the Australian National University (ANU) and  the University of Melbourne has concluded that using e-cigarettes triples the chances of a non-smoker taking up conventional smoking. The report, which was submitted to the government, also found “insufficient” ...

A senate committee report has recommended the government’s job-ready graduates bill be passed with the contingency that it is reviewed after two years.  The committee’s chair, Liberal senator James McGrath, wrote that the bill will “deliver policy and funding certainty for the sector”.  But Greens senator ...

Australians want frontline nurses, paramedics and aged care and disability workers to be first in line to receive a COVID-19 vaccine jab. That was one of the findings of an Australian National University survey that sought out attitudes of more ...

One of the two Australian scholars banned from entering China said the move sends a “chilling message” to western society. Professor Clive Hamilton, a professor of public ethics at Charles Sturt University, and Alex Joske from Australian Strategic Policy Institute, both ...

Australian universities face a research support shortfall of up to $7.6 billion in the next five years, a new report says. The prediction comes with the warning that, as a result, the sector will lose between 5,100 to 6,100 research ...

Despite the myriad health complications linked to tobacco smoking, users often report it's a hard habit to break for several reasons, key among them is the addictive power of the chemical nicotine. According to the Australian Tobacco Harm Reduction Association ...

Australian universities are set for what might be the most calamitous academic year of their institutional lives, according to Business Insider Australia. Having hedged their bets on the reliability of the international student market for some time now, COVID-19 and ...