podcast December 05, 2023
Why private school kids run the country
National correspondent for The Saturday Paper, Mike Seccombe, on why the gap between public and private schools in Australia is widening.
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podcast December 05, 2023
Why private school kids run the country
National correspondent for The Saturday Paper, Mike Seccombe, on why the gap between public and private schools in Australia is widening.
News November 25, 2023
Exclusive: Less than half Albanese’s cabinet went to state schools
As figures reveal public schools are underfunded by more than $6 billion a year, unpublished research shows politicians are twice as likely as the general public to be privately educated.
News December 02, 2023
Murray–Darling plan wrenched across the line
Labor has wrested support for its legislation to save the Murray–Darling Basin with concessions to the Greens and independent senators, but the plan’s heavy reliance on water buybacks will do little to appease farmers and state governments.
podcast November 24, 2023
How Australia is taking advantage of one nation’s climate crisis
National correspondent for The Saturday Paper Mike Seccombe, on the agreement between Australia and Tuvalu.