Peter Shergold
‘Complete joke’: Efforts to reduce funding wait times ends with longer blowout
A long campaign to improve Australia’s sclerotic research bureaucracy has culminated in an extraordinary blowout to grant approval times, leaving scientists despondent.
- Liam Mannix
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Morrison government’s electoral changes worst-ranked piece of legislation: report
Laws passed by the Perrottet and Andrews governments were also given a fail by two think tanks, which found just three pieces of legislation they reviewed followed outstanding processes.
- Shane Wright
Uni bosses move to ‘protect’ HSC as early offers set records
Tens of thousands of university offers were made before this year’s HSC, leading to concerns that some Year 12 students were slacking off before the exams.
- Lucy Carroll
- Editorial
- Coronavirus pandemic
Labor should stop dallying and call a pandemic royal commission
Only a royal commission can fully evaluate Australia’s handling of the COVID-19 pandemic.
- The Herald's View
Pandemic review says ‘schools should have stayed open’
Mass school closures hit students in low socio-economic postcodes hardest and contributed to more women than men leaving the workforce early in the pandemic.
- Chip Le Grand
‘Fractured’ pandemic response failed the most vulnerable, independent report finds
A panel chaired by former top bureaucrat Peter Shergold recommends an overhaul of pandemic planning before the next public health crisis.
- Chip Le Grand
- Opinion
- Coronavirus pandemic
New inquiry must look at whether our COVID choices were cost-effective
Without an inquiry, we might move on without becoming as wise as we could be from these past two years.
- Catherine Bennett
- Exclusive
- Coronavirus pandemic
‘Short and sharp’ lessons: Experts to examine how Australia handled pandemic
In the absence of a government review into the COVID-19 response, a trio of philanthropic groups has stepped up with an expert panel.
- Katina Curtis
From high school to retirement: Career advisers for all workers to drive COVID-19 recovery
Western Sydney University chancellor Peter Shergold the future of the workforce was uncertain and people needed “lifelong career advice” as they navigated changes throughout their working lives”.
- Alexandra Smith
- Exclusive
- University
'All over red rover': Top unis drive biggest overhaul in 30 years
The country's top universities say the sector needs to be reformed, but smaller universities argue that will come at their expense.
- Jordan Baker and Anna Patty