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Jul 2022
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University students will be deployed to teach in school classrooms from their first semester, in a new plan for a national education shakeup. 

Sorry for messing up your mortgage, says RBA boss Phil Lowe, admitting the central bank misjudged stimulus spending during the pandemic.

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This episode of The Front is presented by Claire Harvey, produced by Hareem Khan and Kristen Amiet, and edited by Tiffany Dimmack. The multimedia editor is Lia Tsamoglou, and original music composed by Jasper Leak.

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