“The New South Wales and Victorian Governments’ early education commitment today is an important step towards giving kids the best start possible and supporting working families,” Universities Australia Chief Executive Catriona Jackson said.

Universities Australia today called for ordinary Australians to have their say and vote for their choice in the People’s Choice Pitch it clever awards.

Universities Australia, in partnership with the National Press Club of Australia, has today called for entries for the Higher Education Media Awards.

By Universities Australia Chair Professor John Dewar

Last month Josh Frydenberg released the  2021 Intergenerational report (IGR). A legacy of former Treasurer Peter Costello, the five-yearly IGR analyses “the long-term sustainability of current policies and how demographic, technological and other structural trends may affect the economy and the budget over the next 40 years.” In short, what Governments decide now matters well beyond the three-year federal electoral cycle. 

Thursday will see the first major meeting of the university sector and its leadership since COVID-19 closed Australia’s international borders and upended the lives of staff, students and their communities.

Topics: Latest census data, skills shortages, sector priorities

Topics: HELP Loan, importance of university education

Topics: universities’ contribution to national productivity; meeting the demand for university places in the future

Catriona Jackson, Chief Executive, Universities Australia.

Address to the National Press Club by Universities Australia Chair, Professor Deborah Terry.