Category: Publications and Submissions
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Go8 submission to consultation on ATEC Statement of Strategic Priorities 2027-28
The Group of Eight (Go8) broadly supports the proposed outcomes and strategic priorities in the Australian Tertiary Education Commission’s (ATEC) first Statement of Strategic Priorities (SSP).
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Go8 submission to the 2026 National Research Infrastructure Roadmap Exposure Draft
The Group of Eight (Go8) supports the ambition of the 2026 National Research Infrastructure Roadmap (Roadmap) to build a coordinated, sustainable and internationally competitive national research infrastructure system.
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Go8 submission to TEQSA consultation on the draft ‘Statement of Regulatory Expectations: Adopting a definition of Islamophobia’
The Group of Eight (Go8) recognises Islamophobia as a serious and context-specific issue requiring adaptable and dynamic institutional responses. Our members are committed to providing safe, respectful and inclusive university environments, while upholding academic freedom, freedom of speech, lawful expression, and procedural fairness. Go8 universities established a working group to…
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Go8 submission to Better Targeting the Research and Development Tax Incentive exposure draft
The Group of Eight (Go8) supports the Australian Government’s objective of strengthening Australia’s innovation system and encouraging greater business investment in research and development (R&D). The Research and Development Tax Incentive (RDTI) remains one of Australia’s most significant policy mechanisms for encouraging…
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Joint submission: Go8/EABC Horizon Europe implementation discussion paper
Together, the Go8 and the EABC represent Australia’s research-intensive universities and leading companies with footprints in both Europe and Australia. The Go8 universities have long been at the forefront of Australia’s research engagement with Europe and maintain extensive partnerships across European research and innovation ecosystems. Similarly, EABC members comprise many of the businesses most actively…
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Go8 submission to TEQSA consultation on the draft ‘Statement of Regulatory Expectations: Adopting a definition of antisemitism’
The Group of Eight (Go8) recognises antisemitism as a serious, current and ongoing issue requiring sustained institutional action. Our members are committed to providing safe, respectful and inclusive university environments, while upholding academic freedom, freedom of speech, lawful expression, and procedural fairness. The Go8 supports the amended Higher Education Standards…
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Allies in Excellence 2026
Produced to coincide with the 2026 Group of Eight delegation to the United States, Allies in Excellence highlights the depth, scale and impact of collaboration between Australia’s leading research-intensive universities and their American counterparts. The publication showcases partnerships with universities, government agencies, research institutes and industry that are helping tackle…
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Go8 submission to Strengthening Research Security and National Security Expectations in the Higher Education Standards Framework (Threshold Standards)
The Go8 strongly supports measures that protect Australia’s research, innovation and national interest. Research security is not a peripheral issue for the Go8. Our universities undertake around 70 per cent of Australia’s university-based research, graduate more than half of Australia’s PhD candidates and manage many of the nation’s most significant international research partnerships and research…
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Go8 submission to Review of Research Requirements: ‘Australian University Category’ in the Higher Education Standards Framework (Threshold Standards)
Australia’s future prosperity will increasingly depend upon its ability to generate, apply and diffuse new knowledge throughout the economy. Research and development is a critical driver of innovation and productivity, and productivity is the long-term source of national prosperity, higher incomes, improved living standards and sovereign capability. A strong and effective research system is therefore…
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Go8 submission to Senate inquiry into the Universities Accord (Opening the Doors of Opportunity) Bill 2026
The Go8 supports the Government’s ambition to build a stronger, more sustainable and more equitable higher education system. The Universities Accord rightly recognised that Australia will need significantly more graduates and greater participation from students currently under-represented in higher education if we are to meet our future economic, social and workforce needs.
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Go8 submission to the Review of Australia’s Foreign Relations (State and Territory Arrangements) Amendment Bill 2026
The Group of Eight (Go8) supports measures that protect and advance Australia’s national interest, including economic prosperity, national security, sovereign capability and international standing. At the same time, Australia’s future competitiveness will depend on its ability to remain deeply engaged in global research, innovation and education networks. Effective policy settings must therefore both mitigate risk…
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Report: Go8 Expert Advisory Committee on Combatting Antisemitism (EACCA)
The Group of Eight (Go8) Board has received the final report of the Expert Advisory Committee on Combatting Antisemitism (EACCA) and will carefully review the report and its recommendations. We recognise the work of Dr Alan Finkel AC and the committee members to deliver this report. The Go8 is deeply…
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Go8 submission to the inquiry into the factors driving educational attainment
The Group of Eight (Go8) universities provide a high-quality education and are focused on strong student outcomes – ensuring students do not just get a foot in the door but are set up to succeed both during and after university. Educational attainment is not created at a single point in time. It is shaped progressively…
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Go8 submission on redesigning the higher education pathway
Psychology Board of Australia The Group of Eight (Go8) educates one in five of Australia’s clinical psychology students, making us central to preparing the workforce the country relies on. The reforms proposed by the Psychology Board of Australia would dismantle the current range of pathways to registration and replace them…
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Go8 submission to the Senate inquiry into Australian university graduates
The Group of Eight (Go8) welcomes the opportunity to contribute to this inquiry. However, we challenge the underlying premise that our graduates are broadly unsuccessful, our internationally recognised universities are failing them. Framing the issue as a widespread crisis does a disservice to students, graduates and school leavers.
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Joint Submission: Alliance of Industry Associations Pre-Budget Submission 2026-27
Our Alliance of Industry Associations (the Alliance) welcomes the opportunity to make this pre-Budget submission to inform the development of the 2026–27 Budget. We acknowledge and commend the Government for its leadership in convening the Economic Reform Roundtable in 2025. Bringing together business, unions, academia and other stakeholders to focus…
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Go8 submission to inquiry into Higher Education Support Amendment (Reverse JRG Fee Hikes and End 50k Arts Degrees) Bill 2025
The Group of Eight (Go8) supports serious and timely consideration of the ongoing impacts of the Job-ready Graduates (JRG) reforms on the sustainability and suitability of the higher education funding system, universities’ capacity to deliver high-quality education, and the long term financial burden placed on students – especially those with the least capacity to afford…
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Go8 submission to HESP consultation on Threshold Standards
The Group of Eight (Go8) supports the continuation of the existing high-level, principles-based approach embedded in the Threshold Standards, alongside student-centred and outcomes-driven reforms that will strengthen the focus on student outcomes, equity, safety and public trust.
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Go8 submission to the Select Committee on Productivity in Australia
Productivity growth is the fundamental driver of Australia’s long-term economic growth and prosperity. Since Federation, growth in living standards has overwhelmingly been underpinned by improvements in labour productivity. Around two-thirds of these gains have come from multifactor productivity (MFP) growth, with the remainder driven by capital-deepening (a rise in the capital to labour ratio)
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Go8 Universities 2026–27 Pre-Budget Submission
The Treasury Introduction The Go8 universities are a cornerstone of Australia’s economy. As the nation’s leading research-intensive institutions, they deliver more than 20 percent of Australia’s total investment in research and development (R&D) – contributing $8.5 billion annually to our knowledge economy. This R&D has significant public value and is…
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Go8 submission on the Universities Accord (Australian Tertiary Education Commission) Bill 2025 and a related bill
Senate Education and Employment Legislation Committee The Go8 recognises the establishment of the Australian Tertiary Education Commission (ATEC) as a significant opportunity to provide long-term, evidence-based policy advice and funding recommendations for the higher education sector and steward the sector towards the objectives of the Australian Universities Accord. This is…
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Publication: Facts of Distinction 2025
Facts of Distinction
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Go8 submission to the inquiry into the value of skilled migration to Australia
Joint Standing Committee on Migration Introduction The Group of Eight (Go8) comprises Australia’s leading research-intensive universities. Collectively, we educate one in three international students and conduct around 70 per cent of Australia’s university-based research. This includes educating over 160,000 international students annually – an important pipeline for future permanent skilled…
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Go8 submission to the Inquiry into the Education Legislation Amendment (Integrity and Other Measures) Bill 2025
Education and Employment Legislation Committee Introduction The Group of Eight (Go8), comprising Australia’s leading research-intensive universities, reaffirms its commitment to a higher education and research sector built on quality and integrity. As outlined in our submission to the Education Services for Overseas Students Amendment (Quality and Integrity) Bill 2024 [Provisions]…