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John FrewPearls and Irritations |
As conflict escalates, FIFA insists the 2026 World Cup will proceed unchanged. The decision reflects a broader pattern – institutions continuing...
Australia’s charitable framework now rewards compliance over need, allowing well-resourced institutions and contested activities to sit alongside...
Criticism of public schools is not entirely wrong – but by ignoring unequal conditions, it misdiagnoses the problem and misplaces responsibility....
Educational disadvantage in Australia is often framed as urban or socioeconomic. But across regional and remote communities, public schools operate...
Public outrage fixates on the absence of shame among elites. But the deeper problem is cultural and structural – a political economy that has pushed...
Victoria’s latest school funding agreement freezes public schools below the Schooling Resource Standard, formalising stagnation while preserving the...