Wolfgang Kasper analyses the results of the latest international survey of corruption, arguing that ‘corruption is a blight on social stability and economic growth. The abuse of political power for private benefit is profoundly unjust to those who are honest or poor.’

Peter Saunders suggests the federal government’s Future Fund should be denationalised and the money distributed into individual savings accounts for all Australians. Saunders disputes the government’s claim that we need a Future Fund to pay for public servants' superannuation. A much more pressing problem for the future is the escalation in the cost of age...

Veronica Cleary, on retirement from 30 years of teaching, moved to the Tiwi Islands in the Northern Territory. As a result of her experience she came to the conclusion that fundamental changes must be made to the education system now if Indigenous children in remote communities are to have a future.

Australia has a serious shortage of suitably qualified maths and science teachers and a continuing problem with attracting good teachers to rural schools. When a problem is enduring and is not being improved by current approaches, new strategies are needed. Jennifer Buckingham argues that allowing qualified professionals to become teachers through school-based teacher training has...

Remote Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities are demanding education that will lead to productive employment opportunities with mainstream earnings, decent health outcomes, decent housing and the same security that other Australians enjoy. Helen Hughes argues that reforming separatist policies that have resulted in Indigenous deprivation is essential if Aborigines and Torres Strait Islanders are...