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Peter Dutton came perilously close to a DOGE moment on Monday night, when he was asked about getting the “woke” agendas out of the education system. Noting the Commonwealth government “doesn’t own or run a school”, Dutton told a Sky audience in Brisbane that people wondered why there was “a…

An advocate for major social media platforms has told Australia's Parliament that a plan to ban children younger than 16 from the sites should be delayed rather than being rushed to approval this week

Organisers insist they have been largely respectful but a string of accusations is putting universities under pressure to act

Jason Clare says the community, including politicians, must ‘lower the temperature’

Group of Eight chief says campuses don’t want to see ‘escalation’ like what is occurring in the US

Greens criticise Albanese government’s ‘abysmal lack of action’ as CPI figures show education costs driving up inflation

Federal education department staff spent up to $171 a head at expensive restaurants to hold meetings

A senior public servant has issued a forthright apology after it was revealed some of his staff spent up to $1800 of taxpayers' cash on a single dinner meeting.

States say they will not take up co-funded deal, calling for commonwealth to unilaterally close funding gap