Get all your news in one place.

100's of premium titles.
One app.

Get all your news in one place.

100's of premium titles. One news app.

The Latest Breaking News from Andrew Norton

Is Uni Still Worth It? Here Are The Top‑Earning Degrees In Australia Right Now

From health to humanities, here’s how much different Aussie degrees are really paying graduates – and what that means for choosing a course.

Pedestrian.tv

How did Australian universities go from free education to $50,000 arts degrees in 50 years?

Australians think students are being asked to pay far too much for their degrees. Just under half (47%) of Australians surveyed by YouGov in June 2025 believe a worker on an average income should be able to pay off the debt for a standard three-year degree within five years. When…

The Conversation

Arts degrees to cost $50,000 until at least 2027 despite Albanese reform promises, vice-chancellor says

Australia needs critical thinkers who develop ‘philosophy about the world’ by studying the arts, university warns

The Guardian - AU

From analysis to the latest developments in health,
read the most diverse news in one place.

Before the Australian election, both parties wanted to cut international student numbers. So why are they going up?

Foreign student places are to increase by 25,000 next year. Is this the end of the contentious debate over higher education?

The Guardian - AU

Labor’s Hecs reduction bill not the fairest way to relieve student debt, economists say

Analysis recommends a flat cut of $5,500, and says medicine, law and dentistry graduates will benefit disproportionately from proposed legislation

The Guardian - AU

How to find genuinely good Black Friday deals: experts share their tips on everything from TVs to skincare

Looking for a big-ticket bargain or a bit of money off your Christmas shopping? We asked experts about finding genuine deals and avoiding dud buys in fashion, skincare, tech and more

The Guardian - UK

Senator gives evidence at defamation trial – as it happened

This blog is now closed.

The Guardian - AU

Read news from The Economist, FT, and more,
with one subscription

Australia’s $50,000 arts degree is here – putting university fees on par with the UK and US

The Hecs/Help scheme was not designed so people making a regular wage remained in debt until death, expert says

The Guardian - AU

Politics with Michelle Grattan: Andrew Norton on the Albanese government’s interventionist policy to cut foreign student numbers

Migration has become a major battleground between the government and opposition. While they have different policies, each side is targeting foreign students in their plans for cuts in the intake.

The Conversation

Labor’s international student cap an ‘unprecedented’ overreach and ‘recipe for chaos’, experts warn

Immigration and higher education experts say caps risk closure of universities if managed poorly and radically limit ‘student choice and university autonomy’

The Guardian - AU

Hecs help is on the way – but is it too little, too late to help struggling students?

Labor’s solution to spiralling debts would’ve worked a treat if it had been in place for the past two years. Now it may make no difference

The Guardian - AU

Number of Australians enrolled in bachelor degrees falls by 12% in less than a decade

Enrolments in bachelor degrees dropped from 934,000 in 2016 to 815,000 in 2022

The Guardian - AU

Graduates exposed: Why your HECS debt could be going up

It's time to think about the debt we set and forget. University graduates have just seen the largest debt indexation in 32 years.

Newcastle Herald

Stress and mortgage difficulties as inflation sees student HECS and other HELP debts balloon

As inflation rises, Australians with university debts say they're seeing their repayments evaporate and running into difficulties borrowing for mortgages.

ABC News

Get all your
news in one place.

100's of premium titles.
One news app.

ABC News

Stressful, narrowly focused and, for many, a bit pointless: Is it time to rethink year 12 exams?

Thousands of students across Australia are currently doing their year 12 exams, but only a minority will use their ATAR to get into university. So, is it time to rethink how we measure academic achievement?

Chronicle Live

'I could see into his eye': Dad takes on Great North Run after condition leaves his son blind in one eye

Andrew Norton's son Oliver was diagnosed with Coats' Disease when he was two years old

ABC News

Melbourne University to 'dramatically' reduce reliance on casual contracts after underpayment scandal

Melbourne University's provost Nicola Phillips has apologised for underpayment at the institution and announced the university would overhaul its employment model and "dramatically" reduce its reliance on casual staff in response to the scandal.

Daily Mirror

Repair Shop guest 'blown away' by incredible restoration of special wooden clock

The daughter of a talented clockmaker was left "blown away" by the incredible restoration of his finest work - a stunning wooden clock - which features on The Repair Shop tonight

Get all your
news in one place.

100's of premium titles.
One news app.

ABC News

'Food-driven' Julia the pig turns 10 after making friends all over Broome

Julia is as happy as a pig in mud. Not only has she escaped the cooking pot, the "200-and-something" kilogram pet spends her time roaming the streets of Broome in search of food and friends.

People

From analysis to the latest developments in health,
read the most diverse news in one place.

Organisations

Australian National University

the University of Sydney

Universities Australia

66 stories

Western Sydney University

64 stories

RNIB

55 stories

Read news from The Economist, FT, and more,
with one subscription

Topics

International Students

Places

Fourteen days free

Download the app

One app. One membership.
100+ trusted global sources.