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Illustrations for story on antibiotic shortage

We have an antibiotics problem. They kill more Australians than road accidents

Resistant infections kill about 1600 people in Australia every year, yet we’re barely talking about it.

  • Mark Blaskovich

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Illustration: Jim Pavlidis

University cannot serve this generation as it did mine – and I’m in grief

Australia’s forlorn tertiary education system needs a massive overhaul, as do the people running it.

  • Jenna Price
Pay packets for executives in the university sector, some of whom earn more than $1 million a year, are under the microscope.

Million-dollar university chiefs face pay caps after scathing report

The bipartisan committee’s advice about executive pay and transparency measures come after several high-profile controversies at Australian universities.

  • Natassia Chrysanthos
ANU Chancellor Julie Bishop declared she was emotional at the day’s events. It was hard to see on her face.

The death stare is back, but there’s one sign Julie Bishop is feeling the heat

“I feel very emotional,” Bishop said, as she stared down a room of reporters on Thursday. She did not look it.

  • Nick Bonyhady
Sophia Mullard dreamt of attending Macquarie University, but course cuts have ruined her plans.

‘Uni has treated me like an ATM’: Sophia’s dreams crushed after course cuts

Five universities have announced plans to cut jobs, but the effect on courses and enrolments is unclear and has left students and staff facing uncertain futures.

  • Emily Kowal

‘A kind of monster’: Why does everyone hate universities?

Neither side of politics is giving universities the love they need, but the unis need to smarten up – for all our sakes.

  • Jordan Baker
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Sydney University would have to shed 20,000 international students if a 25 per cent cap was imposed.

Harvard stood up to Trump. Our top universities could not afford to be so brave

If we want Australian universities to stand firm in the face of ideological pressure, we must strengthen their foundations.

  • Raffaele Ciriello
Coalition frontbencher Sarah Henderson and an ad for migration and education agents.

Senior Liberal headlines event for student visa agents before tanking migration bill

Coalition education spokeswoman Sarah Henderson headlined an event for migration agents and private colleges in the weeks before tanking Labor’s high-profile student caps bill.

  • Natassia Chrysanthos and Paul Sakkal
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese.

Graduates to get early career reprieve from crippling student debts

The salary threshold at which student loans must be repaid will rise more than $10,000 a year under a federal Labor policy shift that will make the average HELP debt-holder $680 a year better off.

  • James Massola
Sydney University is leading the field in converting casual academic roles to permanent tenured positions.

Radical plan to slash student debts by tens of thousands of dollars

University debts could be slashed by up to 20 per cent under an Albanese government plan targeted at young voters.

  • Paul Sakkal