What happened on Wednesday 16 November 2022
With that, we’ll wrap up our live news coverage for the day.
Here’s a summary of the day’s main news developments:
Deliveroo is quitting the Australian market, with the food delivery service announcing it had suspended orders made through its app and entered voluntary administration.
A woman’s body has been found in flood waters in the New South Wales town of Eugowra, where locals say they are still in shock after an inland “tsunami” devastated the town. Guardian Australia spoke to the woman’s brother.
Australia’s Reserve Bank should keep lifting the interest rate to ensure inflation is contained, and the country should stick with plans to introduce stage-three tax cuts planned for 2024, the head of the International Monetary Fund’s Australian division said.
Workplace relations minister Tony Burke has accused tugboat operator Svitzer of “blackmail” and “economic vandalism”, revealing the government will encourage the industrial umpire to stop its lockout of workers.
Anthony Albanese has condemned Russia’s “reckless and dangerous use of force” after G7 leaders staged an emergency session on the sidelines of the G20 summit to assess a blast from a Russian-made missile in Poland that killed two civilians.
The editor-in-chief of the Australian, Chris Dore, has resigned suddenly, citing “personal health issues”.
Donald Trump launched his 2024 bid for the Republican nomination for president on Tuesday night. His daughter Ivanka has decided to not actively join her father’s bid to retake the White House.
Thanks for following along. We’ll be back to do it all again tomorrow.
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Government announces review of university sector
The education minister, Jason Clare, is giving the Bradley oration at Sydney University. The oration is named in honour of Denise Bradley, whose work led to the creation of the Tertiary Education Quality and Standards Agency.
Clare is continuing the work Tanya Plibersek began during Labor’s time in opposition, working on a reset of government relations with universities.
Part of that reset is an Australian Universities Accord, which will review the university sector as a whole, and government’s role in it.
It’s something universities have been waiting on and tonight, Clare announced the panel and the terms of reference.
Leading the panel will be Prof Mary O’Kane, Prof Barney Glover, Shemara Wikramanayake, Fiona Nash, Jenny Macklin and Prof Larissa Behrendt.
The key areas for review:
Meeting Australia’s knowledge and skills needs, now and in the future This will include recommendations for new targets and reforms recognising that more than nine in ten new jobs will require post-school qualifications, and fifty per cent of new jobs are expected to require a bachelor’s degree or higher.
Access and opportunity, including improved access to higher education and greater access for people from underrepresented backgrounds.
Investment and affordability, which as the title suggests, will look at university funding, as well as its affordability for students and a review of the ‘job-ready graduates package’.
Governance, accountability and community, which will look at the regulatory and workplace relations settings, as well as the contributions higher ed makes to Australia at large.
The connection between the vocational education and training and higher education systems – which will examine whether there is more opportunity to align vocational training with universities
Quality and sustainability, with the challenges for domestic and international students examined
Delivering new knowledge, innovation and capability, a reference which will look at university research and the opportunities for collaboration and commercialisation.
An interim report will be prepared for mid-next year, with the final report due in December 2023.
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