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Politics with Michelle Grattan: Jason Clare on Australia’s education challenges
New Education Minister Jason Clare is travelling the country taking soundings in the education sector.
This, he says, is “the best way to get across this big, vast portfolio that stretches from the education of our youngest children right through to the incredible work our brilliant postgraduate people are doing in our universities.
"What am I hearing? What am I learning? I get the impression that a lot of people are desperate for re-engagement with the government.”
Outlining his plans for an Australian Universities Accord, Clare says there’s a desire for the government “to work with our…
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