Another year, another set of abysmal PISA results which reveal that our education system is failing Australian children.
Dr Bella d'Abrera, Director of the Foundations of Western Civilisation Program at the Institute of Public Affairs As the Minister for Education Dan Tehan rightly pointed out, these results “should have alarm bells ringing.” While he is also right to point out that state and territory governments should get their act together, there is also something he could do at the Federal level.
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Australia is failing 'to ensure students leave school with competence' | Sky News AustraliaDr Fiona Mueller from the Centre for Independent Studies has dubbed Australian student’s falling grades as a “failure” to ensure children are equipped for life.\n\n“What we are seeing is the failure to ensure that all of our students across the country are able to leave school with confidence and [to be] competent in the various areas we have deemed to be critical for life,” Dr Mueller told Sky News. \n\n“The most worrying thing really is the effect on our children.”\n\nDr Mueller’s comments come after the release of the Programme for International Student Assessment results, which shows Australian students are falling behind other developed countries in reading, maths and science.\n\nAustralian students are falling years behind the rest of the world in numeracy and literacy, according to the 2018 Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) report.\n\nAustralian students are now three years behind Chinese students of the same age in mathematics. \n\n“Our first prime minister, Edmund Barton, said it was the duty of the state to educate,” Dr Mueller told Sky News host Andrew Bolt. \n\n“Clearly we are not doing that for all children.” \n
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No wonder education results are poor 'with gender studies and climate hysteria' | Sky News AustraliaSky News host Peta Credlin says it's no wonder Australian students' results are so poor 'when the curriculum is crowded out with gender studies and climate hysteria'.\n\nMs Credlin said the latest results showing Australia's global education standing is plummeting 'are a scarifying reflection' on national outcomes and a 'more worrying reflection on our national process'.\n\n'One of the truisms of politics is that it's easy to spend money but hard to make a difference and almost nowhere is that truer than in education,' she said.\n\n'You won't be surprised to learn that China and Singapore come first and second on every measure.\n\n'In these countries teachers are respected, education is valued, and academic rigour is fundamental.\n\n'And, beyond the test results, neither of these countries have the 'every child deserves a prize' claptrap that's poisoning our own system.\n\n'Lee Kuan Yew's infamous warning from the 1980s – that Australia risks becoming the 'poor white trash of Asia' – could yet be our fate, if we don't dramatically lift our game, stop the politicking and really make education a national priority.'\n\nImage: News Corp Australia\n\n
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We've got healthier river systems 'by damaging farming communities' | Sky News AustraliaNationals MP Damian Drum says now that 'sentiment in capital cities is moving toward our farmers' rather than the environment, people are starting to think 'maybe we've gone too far' on the Murray-Darling Basin.\n\n'Yes, we've got healthier river systems, we've got healthier wetlands... but we've caused so much pain and damage to our farming communities,' he said.\n\nMr Drum commended work done by Agriculture Minister David Littleproud to secure a desalination plant deal with South Australia.\n\n'It's a fantastic program... ultimately, it's the federal government subsidising this water, meaning $600 a megalitre water will be available for fodder-growers for $100 a megalitre,' he said.\n\nImage: News Corp Australia\n\n
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Outsourcing visa system to private sector is ‘too risky’ | Sky News AustraliaSky News contributor Caleb Bond has said outsourcing Australia’s visa processing system to a private entity involves “too much risk for the possible benefit”.\n\nIt comes after it was revealed the Department of Home Affairs has delayed the decision on outsourcing visa processing until the new year.\n\nUnder the proposal as it stands, the successful project bidder will be paid hundreds of millions of dollars to build and process an online system to provide visas for the over nine million applicants Australia has every year.\n\nMr Bond said of all the things a government could keep in-house “this seems like one of the ones that would be obvious”.\n\n'I generally believe that the private sector can do things better than government…but we are ultimately talking about here who we do or do not allow into this country,” said Mr Bond. \n\n“I’m not sure that I’m comfortable that that service should be given to private entity.”\n
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More anti-terror police to start patrolling Australian airports | Sky News AustraliaThe prime minister is defending the timeline for a rollout of 135 specialised AFP officers at the nation's airports, as part of a boost to counter-terror operations. \n\nSpecialist police armed with heavy rifles will begin patrols at Brisbane and Canberra airports in the coming weeks, as the government expands its counter-terror strategy.\n\nThe federal government will roll out increased counter-terrorism measures over the next 18 months.\n\nScott Morrison told reporters on Friday the government needs to ensure they get this 'absolutely right' and 'the training is in place and it's rolled out around the country'.\n\nAt least 130 extra police and protective service officers will be deployed, as well as dog squads used to detect firearms and explosives. \n\nThe changes are part of a $107 million package to strengthen aviation security, which was announced in the most recent budget. \n\nImage: News Corp Australia
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Australian students are 'plummeting down the educational table' | Sky News AustraliaAustralian Catholic University Senior Research Fellow Dr Kevin Donnelly says the issue of Australia’s sliding education ranking is “a real problem”.\n\nDr Donnelly’s comments come following the release of the Programme for International Student Assessment results, which shows Australian students are falling behind other developed countries in reading, maths and science.\n\nThe results represented a long-term decline in student performance, and showed the performance of Australian teenagers in mathematics had fallen to the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development average.\n\n“If you look at other international tests… it's the same story,” he told Sky News.\n\n“Over the last 18 years we’ve gone backwards. \n\n“Our students are plummeting down the table.”\n\nImage: Getty
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