Bruce Chapman

1 month ago | phys.org | Linda Botterill |Bruce Chapman |Sadie Harley |Andrew Zinin

Australia in 2025 is living up to Dorothy McKellar's poetic vision of a country stricken by "drought and flooding rains". The clean-up is underway from the deadly floods in the Hunter and mid-north coast regions of New South Wales.

1 month ago | theconversation.com | Linda Botterill |Bruce Chapman

Australia in 2025 is living up to Dorothy McKellar’s poetic vision of a country stricken by “drought and flooding rains”. The clean up is underway from the deadly floods in the Hunter and mid-north coast regions of New South Wales. At the same time, large swathes of Victoria, South Australia and Tasmania are severely drought affected due to some of the lowest rainfall on record. Do we have the right support arrangements in place to help farmers and communities survive the current dry period?

Nov 19, 2024 | afr.com | Rabee Tourky |Rohan Pitchford |Bruce Chapman

On Monday the Coalition announced it would oppose the government’s proposed caps on the number of international students allowed to enrol in Australian universities after 2024. There is no doubt that the universities believed the caps would eventuate and had started to plan for this apparent inevitability for the 2025 academic year. Loading...

Nov 15, 2024 | thesaturdaypaper.com.au | Bruce Chapman

Paul Girrawah House Waluwin mayiny – healthy people. Waluwin ngurambang – healthy country. Yuwindhu Paul Girrawah House, baladhu Ngambri-Kamberri Wiradyuri Gibirr. My name is Paul Girrawah House, I am a Ngambri-Kamberri, Wiradyuri man. I am a survivor and descendant of my old people. I want to become a farmer again. I want to return home to Country. I want to create genuine intergenerational wealth for our children.

Nov 12, 2024 | theconversation.com | Bruce Chapman

The Australian Greens have long argued tertiary students shouldn’t pay tuition charges. This means they want to see HECS – now called HELP – abolished. But following the Albanese government’s recent plans to wipe 20% off student loans, on Monday, the Greens announced they want to the cancel all student debt. This would cost the federal budget around A$75 billion. Mehreen Faruqi, the Greens’ higher education spokesperson, argued, “student debt can’t be fixed because student debt shouldn’t exist”.