Overseas students pursuing accreditations in fields like accounting, cookery and hairdressing may have their prospects for migration visas disappear, under proposed changes to Australia’s skilled migration program. The proposals—a bid to tackle labour shortages in high-skilled areas such as mining, healthcare and engineering—will leave many students futures uncertain. Other changes include the canceling of 20,000 skilled migrant applications all over two years old. Featured in story: Sue Richardson, Professor of Economics at the National Institute of Labour Studies at Flinders University.

Malcolm Turnbull might not support his leader's new climate change policy, but it appears more voters do. The latest Nielsen poll found public support for Labor's ETS has fallen sharply, with more punters warming to the alternative plan of new Opposition Leader Tony Abbott. The big question is why. Featured in story: Ben Eltham - Fellow at the Centre for Policy Development.

Welfare quarantining may be rolled out across Australia under new proposals. The policy, introduced as part of the Northern Territory Intervention, targets Indigenous people, but now the Government says it will apply to other welfare recipients. Extending welfare quarantining to non-Indigenous recipients would allow the government to re-instate the Racial Discrimination Act and maintain its controversial policy. Featured in this story: Maree O’Halloran, Director of the National Welfare Rights Network and Barbara Shaw, from Rollback the Intervention.

Less than two weeks after it was publicly released, data used to identify disadvantaged schools on the controversial My School website is under review. It comes after complaints about unfair comparisons between schools, particularly those in remote or regional areas. But some critics have called for the website to be completely shut down. They say schools shouldn’t be labeled as ‘disadvantaged’ because that sets students up for failure. Featured in story: Dianne Pyne, a teacher at Chifley College’s Mount Druitt Campus (formerly Mount Druitt High School) and NSW Teachers Federation representative.

Victor Yanukovych, the pro-Moscow Opposition Leader, looks set to win the Ukranian election by a narrow margin. So has the "Orange Revolution" come full circle? Featured in story: Dr Halyna Koscharsky - expert in Ukranian society and culture at Macquarie University and Stefan Romaniw - Chairman of the Australian Federation of Ukranian Organisations.