Two days ago I realised my mum traded emotional fulfilment for stability. She sacrificed the closeness she once shared with her family in favour of securing a future for her children. Risk reaps reward and regret, but ultimately it’s about sacrifice — and with sacrifice comes the constant balancing of both.
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The government’s plan puts universities in a dangerous bind. On the one hand, Liberal and Labor governments have slashed direct funding to the tertiary sector, which forced universities to rely on other revenue sources. On the other hand, they are now targeting the money universities have learned to rely on.
Federal Opposition Leader Peter Dutton argued in his budget reply speech that migration should be capped at 140,000—much lower than the government’s current target of 260,000 by 2026.
Government insiders and immigration experts have flagged an increase in student visa fees and financial capacity requirements in the budget as a new push to meet ambitious targets to cut migration numbers.
Are engaging classes the secret to better interactions between international and domestic students?
Australian universities are placing extra restrictions and rejecting student visas from India and Nepal as the government’s push to lower international students numbers continues to put pressure on the tertiary sector.
Work in the style of Marr is important but often missing in the grand attempts to search for seminal moments are the people who fall through the cracks just trying to survive.
1957. 1987. 2017.
The climate crisis has become a convenient justification for ethno-nationalism
Indian diaspora are often inadvertent to issues of caste
