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The man behind the $1m Ultranet payment: 'I saw it as my only option'

News

The final day of IBAC’s Ultranet inquiry heard former Education dep sec Darrell Fraser believed secretly channeling money to a contractor was his only option. Tapes reveal the former minister was told of the payment.

'You know how these things get blown up': Pike on tape

By David Donaldson

News

ULTRANET INQUIRY: Former minister Bronwyn Pike has been caught on tape hosing down the software scandal in a conversation with then-deputy secretary Darrell Fraser. She rejects accusations she didn’t properly act.

'Difficult to know' who is steering ACARA curriculum

By David Donaldson

Features

The ascendancy of ACARA might be undermining the future of state education policy development, thinks academic Glenn Savage — though former education minister Bronwyn Pike says the problems began from day one.

Teacher quality debate 'like walking on a bed of nails': Pike

By David Donaldson

News

Popular beliefs about education reform hobble politicians’ attempts to make real improvements, former Victorian education minister Bronwyn Pike says. And the Federalism White Paper must not get caught up in “carving up territory” at the expense of outcomes.

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The man behind the $1m Ultranet payment: 'I saw it as my only option'

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'You know how these things get blown up': Pike on tape

'Difficult to know' who is steering ACARA curriculum

Teacher quality debate 'like walking on a bed of nails': Pike