Aboriginal Studies is a subject that has seen very low enrolments across NSW public schools. As a new Labor government takes the reins, is it time that we see education reform to mandate Aboriginal Studies in NSW classrooms?

While national and state curricula attempt to ensure Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cultures, histories, and experiences are embedded into classrooms, and government policy prioritises that school outcomes for Indigenous students match or better that of their non-Indigenous peers, the implementation is left almost wholly in the hands of teachers.

The paper, NAPLAN participation - who is missing the tests and why it matters, was released as students in years three, five, seven and nine around Australia sat their first NAPLAN tests of the year and highlighted a significant decline in participation in 2022.

Thales is complicit in a long list of brutal conflicts around the world and continues to provide arms to major global powers.

NSW’s major universities are still failing on equal access to higher education.

“The struggle for Darlington is a struggle not only for the preservation of tangible reminders of our past, but also the struggle for the right of individuals and communities to decide their own future.” - Darlington Public School, 1878-1978.

Although seemingly innocuous, the University’s ICPU units contain many dubious mechanisms designed to protect industry partners instead of fostering academic freedom.

Universities, government, and industry must work together if they are to address the domestic engineers shortage

Recent changes to the National Curriculum may reap uncertain consequences on and diminish history education.

The time limit was previously scrapped in 2012 but reintroduced after negotiations with Pauline Hanson.