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Parents spend more on childcare than on private school

16 February 2020

Parents are spending more, on average, educating their children aged under five than those sending their children to private primary schools, a new report finds.

VET funding in every state drops to lowest level in more than a decade

20 December 2019

Australia risks failing to properly provide the high-quality training for the 45% of new jobs needing VET qualifications that will be created in the next five years.

Regional & wealthy areas more likely to be boozy

18 December 2019

Some of Australia’s wealthier and traditionally healthier areas along with regional areas have the highest risky drinking rates in the country.

Australia’s health off track

10 December 2019

The national report card on Australia’s health shows that we are not on track to meet our health targets, and foreshadows a rise in preventable chronic illness.

Rural & remote Australians missing out on the Medicare dollar

21 November 2019

Australia’s Medicare dollar is being unevenly distributed across the country, with significantly less funding flowing to people in areas where the disease burden is highest.

New pilot to help manage musculoskeletal disability

19 November 2019

The Federal Government has awarded $1.3 million to the Mitchell Institute at Victoria University to undertake a trial that aims to help support re-engagement with work or education.

Simplify our health system to cut 20 year mental health life expectancy gap

15 October 2019

The 20 year gap in life expectancy for people with severe mental illness could be slashed if health services for both physical and mental health connected around the people who need them.

Universities to adapt to meet the rapidly changing economy

30 August 2019

Vice-Chancellors and senior leaders in Australian tertiary education will gather today at the Role of Universities in the 2020s Symposium.

Action needed to deliver the Melbourne Declaration

8 August 2019

Mitchell Institute at Victoria University has called on the Federal Education Minister to use the review of the Melbourne Declaration aims of schooling, to deliver a roadmap for delivery.

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