Publications

Chris Bonnor writes in Inside Story (18.8.23) about the state of school systems and funding in Australia, highlighting a failure to heed lessons from successive recent

Fraser Barton reports in InQld (1.12.21) on the Queensland government’s announcement of vaccination mandates for anyone working at or attending the state’s schools, childcare centres and

Allan Patience writes in the Pearls and Irritations blog (17.5.21) about the federal government’s seeming disinterest in effectively supporting the tertiary education sector through the worst

Former TJ Ryan Foundation Executive Director, Professor Roger Scott, expands on his post-retirement return to education, describing the differences to be found in teaching and learning at the

TJ Ryan Foundation Research Associate, David Peetz, writes in The Conversation (26.6.20) about the federal government’s proposed changes to higher education fee structures in a supposed

Gareth Bryant comments in the Sydney Morning Herald (22.6.20) on the Morrison government’s proposed changes to higher education degree fee structures, which looks to load more

Chris Bonnor and colleagues write in Inside Story (16.3.20) about government funding to public and private schools, arguing that non-government schools can no longer be said to

TJ Ryan Foundation Research Associate, John Quiggin, writes in The Conversation (10.12.19) about why market forces don’t work well in education, arguing that for-profit businesses are more

Katharine Gelber and Kristine Bowman write in The Conversation (24.6.19) about the federal Education Minister’s push for Australian universities to adopt a ‘free speech code’, with

Peter Hurley and colleagues write in The Conversation (29.5.19) about their new Mitchell Institute report on the pressing need for collaborative government reforms in Australia’s tertiary

Bronwyn Hinz writes in The Conversation (21.12.18) that 2018 was a ‘mixed bag’ for schooling policy in Australia, with new ministers, a new organisation and auspicious anniversaries.

Margaret Gardner writes in The Conversation (18.12.18) about the federal government’s decision to reduce university funding, revealed in the Treasurer’s MYEFO announcement. The author argues that,