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It will take more than the quotas Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews has suggested to add diversity to Australian boards. Martin Reddy/AAP

March 30, 2015

Daniel Andrews, board quotas and the myth of ‘insufficient women’

Katherine Watson, University of Newcastle

By assuming that prior service on a board is the prerequisite to success, companies are overlooking a large pool of talented women.

Home schooling is on the rise, but why? Shutterstock

December 8, 2014

Evidence of home schooling success erased from inquiry report

Karleen Gribble, Western Sydney University; Chris Krogh, Western Sydney University; Katherine Watson, University of Newcastle, and Rebecca English, Queensland University of Technology

Home education has had a massive rise in popularity in Australia in recent years, with increases of 100% in six years in Victoria, 50% in two years in the ACT, 50% in eight years in South Australia, and…

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