In Landmarks in the governance and policy frameworks of Australian VET, Robin Ryan, retired adjunct academic, Flinders University, surveys a set of landmark policy documents on vocational education and training (VET). He charts the history of the systems of governance, institutional frameworks and processes of policy formulation. This exercise uncovers […]
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By Jordan Beavis Abstract In June 2019 thirteen international students graduated from the Royal Military College—Duntroon as a part of the Australian Army’s program of liaison and cooperation with Indo-Pacific military partners. Facilitating the military education of ‘foreign’ cadets at Duntroon has been an aspect of the institution’s existence since […]
By Margaret Cook Why do we grow cotton in Australia? The country’s vast cotton holdings are the subject of public ire for their profligate water usage, embroiled in national arguments over the devastation of the Murray Darling Basin, water theft and public service/government corruption. But when cotton was first mooted […]
by Carolyn Holbrook, Deakin University Carolyn presented on this research at the History and the Hill Australian Policy History Conference, 12-14 June at Deakin University. This article was developed from a series of interviews with politicians, officials and other key players, including former Immigration minister Chris Evans and former Victorian […]
We are republishing a piece written by Dr Carla Pascoe Leahy, from the University of Melbourne. Carla will be presenting a longer version of this piece at the History and the Hill Conference on Thursday 13 June. You can find out more information and register for the conference here. Australian […]
By Kent Anderson and Joanne Barker I. Introduction Vale Endeavour. With the Government’s April 2019 budget, the long-standing Endeavour Leadership Program for supporting Australian students to study overseas and to bring the best and brightest here was axed. The timing was interesting because, with an election imminent, many expected […]
by Chris Monnox Is the election boring? This seems to be a common judgement about 2019’s contest. It’s not the first such verdict, either. The 2010 election was widely panned as boring until the results started coming in. Then the hype about a hung parliament started, and refused to abate […]
By Margaret Hutchison Art occupies an important place in Australia’s commemoration of war. It plays a significant role in the way the nation’s participation in conflict is represented and how it is remembered. While war has traditionally been seen as a death knell for the arts, in Australia it has […]
Famously, journalism has been called the first draft of history. Equally famously, it has been said that today’s newspaper is tomorrow’s fish ‘n chips wrapping. What about journalism that is less perishable? That is, journalism that tells us what is actually going on in the world, despite the evasions – […]
By Dr Lyndon Megarrity* On 30 August 2018, the latest in a long line of ‘big picture’ articles about turning Northern Australia into a ‘food bowl to feed Asia’ [1] was run in the Australian. Enthusiastic about the possibility of a series of nation-building dams across the north, the Australian’s […]