One of Australia’s premier public policy think tanks has recommended a $1 billion tutoring grant to help disadvantaged students whose learning has been set back by the COVID-19 school closures. The Grattan Institute has written a report outlining the need ...

The NSW countryside is bone dry. Once verdant towns like Bowral in the Southern Highlands and Muswellbrook in the Hunter are now whitish-yellow – and classified as areas of 'intense drought'. Indeed, the whole state has been designated as 'in drought'. With ...

Mission Australia has issued a call for long-term commitment to a flexible learning program for disadvantaged students. An evaluation report from the University of Adelaide showed the Flexible Learning Options (FLO) program in South Australia had a "significant transformative" impact ...