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Literature review
The experience of education: the impacts of high stakes testing on school students and their families
This literature review was commissioned to provide context for the research project The Experience of Education: The impacts of high stakes testing on school students and their families. The project is a collaboration between the Whitlam Institute, the University of Melbourne and the Foundation for Young Australians. The project seeks to examine whether the regime...
Essay
Gough Whitlam and the 'grounds' for a University of Western Sydney
In this paper, Mark Hutchinson examines the substantial influence Gough Whitlam had on the establishment of the University of Western Sydney.
Report
Youth federal election - voting intentions update
Exploring the question of community engagement and political participation by younger Australians, this project analyses fifteen years of Newspoll surveys.
Essay
Rethinking Australia's employment services
This paper calls for a radical change in employment services through an examination of the tumultuous twenty year history of policy change and experimentation.
Essay
Democratic challenges in tackling climate change
This paper examines both the urgency for climate change action and the accompanying political challenges.