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Labor wants stranded Australians home by February to free space for students
Labor has called on Scott Morrison to get stranded Australians home by the end of February so the nation can begin allowing foreign students into the country.
- by Anthony Galloway
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The odd couple: behind Alan Jones and Tanya Plibersek's 20-year bond
Plibersek and Jones say the robust but respectful debate between them, which can occasionally get heated, is often lacking elsewhere in political discourse.
- by Michael Koziol
Tanya Plibersek says government should set target of full employment
The Labor frontbencher says Australia should aim higher than John Howard's famous maxim of wanting the country to be "relaxed and comfortable".
- by Rob Harris
'Don't trash the Queen': Plibersek says republic campaign can't be driven by rage
On the anniversary of the constitutional crisis, Tanya Plibersek said an Australian republic needs to "born in hope and optimism" not "tangled up in old battles".
- by Rob Harris
Tanya Plibersek on her election shame: 'Doing my job as well as I can is the only way to atone'
Labor’s shadow minister for education and training shares the personal cost of politics, why she is culturally Catholic and the devastation she felt after the 2019 federal election.
- by Benjamin Law
'I've got a problem': Labor MP collapses while speaking in Parliament
Labor MP Chris Hayes has collapsed clutching his heart while speaking in Parliament.
- by Angus Livingston
Vocational training leaders fear new subsidy at risk of being rorted
Employer groups and vocational training leaders warn new subsidies for apprentices and trainees should not be taken up by existing workers.
- by Anna Patty
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University
Labor lashes 'cowardly' uni bosses agreeing to government's fee hikes
Tanya Plibersek says "cowardly" university bosses have betrayed students by supporting the government's funding reforms.
- by Lisa Visentin
University funding overhaul forced to Senate inquiry
Universities will push for critical revisions of the funding shake-up after Labor, the Greens and crossbenchers forced it to a Senate inquiry.
- by Fergus Hunter
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University
'Very serious concerns': Crossbench threat to government's uni fee overhaul
Crossbench senators have outlined their demands as the government seeks to pass its radical changes to university funding.
- by Fergus Hunter
'Punishment': Backlash over funding changes for failing uni students
There have been warnings vulnerable students would be most at risk from a policy to revoke access to government funding for failing too many subjects.
- by Fergus Hunter