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June 21, 2021

The government linked the cost of university teaching to funding and student fees, but the numbers don’t add up

Keith A Houghton, Australian National University; Christine Jubb, Swinburne University of Technology, and Nancy Bagranoff, University of Richmond

The Job-Ready Graduates policy aims to remove ‘the misalignment between the cost of teaching a degree and the revenue that a university receives to teach it’. But new research challenges its costings.

To properly consider climate risks for their business, directors need the financial expertise of accountants. StockLite/Shutterstock

June 28, 2018

From back office to boardroom: accountants step up in climate risk management

Jayanthi Kumarasiri, RMIT University; Christine Jubb, Swinburne University of Technology, and Keith A Houghton, Australian National University

Company directors have been put on notice about their duty to consider and disclose climate change risks. And to do that properly they need to call on the expertise of accountants.

A price on carbon introduced by the Labor government, dubbed the “carbon tax”, was more effective at motivating big emitters to act, compared to the current Direct Action plan. Mick Tsikas/AAP

September 1, 2016

Direct Action not as motivating as carbon tax say some of Australia’s biggest emitters

Jayanthi Kumarasiri, Swinburne University of Technology; Christine Jubb, Swinburne University of Technology, and Keith A Houghton, Swinburne University of Technology

New research has found that carbon intensive companies have lost focus on reducing emissions under Direct Action, when compared with the carbon tax.

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The government linked the cost of university teaching to funding and student fees, but the numbers don’t add up

From back office to boardroom: accountants step up in climate risk management

Direct Action not as motivating as carbon tax say some of Australia’s biggest emitters

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