Two Labor heavyweights examine where the party has come from, and where it might be heading.
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Politicians may agree, at the level of generality, that their discourse should be more civil. Yet in practice, they simply refuse to change.
Bill Shorten has made some very sound decisions in his far-reaching frontbench overhaul, but the exercise contained some shockers as well. Moving deputy leader Tanya Plibersek from shadow foreign minister…
Bill Shorten has found a way to keep Kim Carr in Labor’s shadow ministry by expanding his frontbench – to the fury of the left, which had withdrawn support for the Victorian senator.
Just as there were winners and losers in Malcolm Turnbull’s ministerial reshuffle at the beginning of the week, there will be frontbench promotions and demotions in the Labor Party in the coming days.
A brawl over Labor’s frontbench reshuffle deepened on Wednesday night when the Victorian Socialist Left executive dug in behind embattled senator Kim Carr.
Pyne talked more about changing taxes and incentives to stimulate growth and industry, whereas Carr had clear plans for government investment.
Labor has released a higher education policy intended to restart a discussion stalled by the failure of the Coalition’s deregulation package to pass the Senate. What is the point of the promised funding guarantee?
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Shadow Higher Education Minister Kim Carr talks to Michelle Grattan about Labor's new higher education policy.
Labor has outlined its plan for universities should it be elected, saying it would be focusing on degree completion rather than enrolment.
“By international standards our support [of the automotive industry] is modest, so we have to work hard to attract the new investment.” – Industry minister Senator Kim Carr, Lateline, 22 July. The idea…
“The fact remains there is a very strong correlation between people’s entry score at university and their success rate.” - higher education minister Senator Kim Carr, ABC’s 7.30, 17 July. Correlating entry…
The recent news that higher education minister Kim Carr may reconsider A$900 million worth of cuts imposed on universities at the expense of the demand-driven system for funding undergraduate places has…
Australia may be going through higher education ministers at an extraordinary rate, but they seem determined to use their time in office. First Craig Emerson announced major funding cuts to universities…
Human Services Minister Kim Carr is doing the rounds of Australian universities to encourage researchers to dip into the honeypot of data which his department is making available. The material provides…
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Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra
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Senior Research Fellow, Curtin University
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Professor of Higher Education Policy, Monash University
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Vice-Chancellor, University of Newcastle
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Adjunct Professor, Department of Leadership, Higher and Adult Education, OISE, University of Toronto
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Principal Policy Adviser, Queensland University of Technology
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Senior Research Fellow in the Department of Political Economy, University of Sydney
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Chair, The Conversation Media Group
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School of Social Sciences, Monash University