Yesterday
- Opinion
- Immigration
Dutton’s migrant crackdown treats economy with disdain
In the populist pitch to bring down house prices, there is little recognition of the role of migrants in filling acute skills shortages across the economy.
- Jessica Gardner
This Month
Careful return to migration trends needed, Labor urged
Efforts to better manage immigration levels must not undercut the university sector and efforts to address skilled worker shortages across the economy, experts say.
- Tom McIlroy
Backpackers from China, India, Vietnam caught in migration crackdown
The government expects to halve migration levels by next year, with international students bearing the brunt of measures.
- Julie Hare, Michael Read and Tom McIlroy
The students to get Labor’s new ‘prac payment’, and who misses out
Too strict means-testing would make the federal government’s newly announced prac payment for university and TAFE students out of reach.
- Julie Hare
Labor to give teaching, nursing students $320 per week payment
Teaching, nursing, midwifery and social work students will receive a weekly payment to help offset the costs of mandatory placements.
- Julie Hare
April
Blaming students for housing crisis ‘simplistic’, universities say
A new report finds that conflating international students with the housing shortage is opportunistic and could have profound ramifications on the economy.
- Julie Hare
Macquarie, ANZ and Canva CEOs help power Australia’s India push
Governments hope to prevent another false dawn in bilateral trade and investment by getting business to work on policy.
- James Eyers
The price of an Oxford education is high, but so are the returns
Australians are increasingly opting to head overseas to study at one of the world’s best universities. It comes with a big price tag, but also big rewards.
- Julie Hare
Graduate jobs market comes off the boil
Australia’s graduate job market has been red-hot, but there are early signs that the number of roles has started to wane.
- Updated
- Julie Hare
‘A mishmash’: backpackers not equal under visa rules
Different regulations can apply to countries even from the same continent when it comes to language requirements.
- Julie Hare
March
- Exclusive
- Education
Study shows why kids drop out of school
Schools need to respond to early warning signs and provide individualised support if high school dropout rates are to be averted, a study says.
- Julie Hare
February
Westpac cuts 132 jobs, half outsourced to India, Philippines
Westpac will shift 70 operational roles to three offshore contractors: Genpact, Tata Consulting Services and Concentrix. The union says the move will sap morale.
- James Eyers
The group saying no to uni: white, male, and would rather be a tradie
The Albanese government wants to get more kids into universities, but a new study on apprentices shows there is a clear cohort with no interest in a degree.
- Julie Hare
Graduates reap rewards from booming jobs market
Students who graduated in 2019 have benefited hugely from historically low unemployment rates and massive skill shortages across the economy.
- Julie Hare
Review to hammer out apprenticeship problem
Only half of all apprentices complete their training, despite billions in funding going into ensuring they do. A new review is looking for a solution.
- Julie Hare
- Exclusive
- Skills shortage
Improve vocational training for uni students, says skills boss
New Jobs and Skills Australia commissioner Barney Glover has more than a few ideas about how to lift productivity.
- Julie Hare
- Exclusive
- Graduate jobs
EY top of the pile for graduates
Despite a torrid year for the big management consultancies, they remain in strong demand as future employers.
- Julie Hare
Western Sydney Uni boss to head national skills body
Barney Glover will not have time to take a breath as he moves to his new job as head of the government’s skills and jobs agency.
- Julie Hare
January
Megan Wynne’s wealth shrinks as APM crumbles
Shares in the Perth entrepreneur’s international employment services group, APM, lost nearly half of their value in one day.
- Jenny Wiggins
Software billionaire backs tech summer camp to win ‘hearts and souls’
A summer camp for talented teenagers, backed by WiseTech CEO Richard White, aims to broaden their views of where a technology career may take them.
- Julie Hare and Sarah Mitchell