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COVID-19, employment stress & student vulnerability
7th June 2020
A new report by the Mitchell Institute has found the number of potentially vulnerable children in Australia will increase significantly as a result of COVID-19 related unemployment and underemployment.
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New modelling warns youth unemployment will skyrocket as apprenticeships disappear
29th May 2020
New modelling from the Mitchell Institute at Victoria University estimates 130,000 fewer new apprenticeships and traineeships will be offered as a result of the economic fallout from COVID-19.
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Australia's Health Tracker by Area: Smoking summary report
29th May 2020
For the first time, areas of Australia have successfully reached the 5% smoking rate target that has been proposed by Australian chronic disease and population health experts.
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Impact of COVID-19 on apprentices & trainees
29th May 2020
The Mitchell Institute estimates new apprenticeships/traineeships will decline by 30% within two years.
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Australian investment in education: Higher education
17th April 2020
This report analyses the funding trends of Australia's university sector and includes modelling of the impact on international student revenue of COVID-19.
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Australian investment in education: Early learning
16th February 2020
Government expenditure on early childhood education and care (ECEC) has grown substantially since 2008, and in 2018 was approximately $9.2 billion. This is an increase in real terms since 2008 of almost 140%.
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NSW Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Tracker
31st January 2020
The NSW Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Tracker draws from publicly available data to highlight the health and wellbeing of the NSW Aboriginal community.