Maths in the media

• “The not-so-clever country”, The Bulletin, 9 October 2002.
• “The Sum and Product of Our Difficulties: Challenges Facing the Mathematical Sciences in Australian Universities“, Peter Hall, Australian Mathematical Society Gazette, March 2004.
• “A View of Statistics in Australia“, Peter Hall, Amstat News and the Funneled Web, May 2004.
• “Australian mathematics no longer counts“, Peter Hall, Australasian Science, July 2004.
• “The crisis in maths in Australia“, Hyam Rubinstein, On Line Opinion, 16 May 2006.
• “Maths teaching fails to add up to standard“, Justine Ferrari, The Australian, 16 January 2007
• “20 years to fix science“, Justine Ferrari, The Australian, 17 January 2007
• “Advisers fail to sell sciences: medallist”, Justine Ferrari, The Australian, 20 January 2007.
• “Do the maths: neglect plus shortages equals crisis“, editorial, The Age, 9 February 2007
• “Numbers people don’t stack up“, William Dunsmuir, The Australian, 28 February 2007
• “Employers warn on VCE maths drop-off“, Chee Chee Leung, The Age, 12 March 2007
• “Go figure!“, Elisabeth Tarica, The Age, 14 May 2007
• “Maths courses a minus: Gillard“, Patricia Karvelas, The Australian, 9 April 2008
• “Back to the future“, Jan de Gier, Gazette of the Australian Mathematical Society, May 2008.
• “Mathematics in today’s world“, Terence Tao, guest editorial, The Funneled Web, 9 April 2008. Reprinted in the Toowoomba Chronicle, 15 April 2008.
• “Excitement part of the equation”, Jane Watson, The Australian, 16 April 2008.
• “Add it up: maths is hot stuff“, Erica Cervini, The Australian Financial Review, 5 May 2008. (A scanned copy is available here.)
• “Best brains won’t make the numbers“, Andrew Trounson, The Australian, 21 May 2008.
• “Shortage of specialist maths teachers“, Andrew Trounson, The Australian, 21 May 2008.
• “Doing the maths on rebuilding“, Andrew Trounson, The Australian, 11 June 2008.  (See also this companion article on Flinders.)
• “Australian mathletes head to Madrid“, Thea Dikeos, 7:30 Report, 8 July 2008.
• “Citations not only measure of quality“, Andrew Trounson, The Australian, 9 July 2008.
• “In summary, maths is too simple“, Justine Ferrari, The Australian, 12 July 2008.  (See also the companion pieces by Julia Gillard and by Kevin Donnelly.)
• “Maths push adds up“, Editorial, The Australian, 16 October 2008.
• “A disturbing set of numbers“, Nalini Joshi, The Australian, 18 February 2009.
• “Summing up a failure“, Marty Ross, the Melbourne Age, 23 Februrary 2009.
• “No maths for top kids“, Miawling Lam, Sunday Telegraph, 1 March 2009.  (Reprinted with permission of the author.)
• “Maths in crisis as teachers go private“, Andrew Trounson, The Australian, 4 March 2009.
• “Subject of shame: we suck at sums“, Justine Ferrari, The Australian, 4 March 2009.
• “Alarm at Australian Research Council ‘restrictions’“, Guy Healy, the Australian, 22 April 2009.
• “Rebuilding the mathematical sciences“, Hyam Rubinstein, ScienceAlert, 15 May 2009.
• “Review into poor mathematics qualifications“, Andrew Trounson, the Australian, 2 June 2009.
• “Claims VU’s maths doesn’t add up“, Andrew Trounson, the Australian, 7 June 2009
• “Access to mathematics is vital for equity“, Jan Thomas, Australasian Science, October 2009.
• “Mathematics skills out for the count“, Bruce McDougall, The Daily Telegraph, 26 Oct 2009.
• “Students in almost 60 percent of high schools taught by unqualified teachers“, Bruce McDougall, The Daily Telegraph, 26 Oct 2009.
• “Maths ability ‘dangerously low’“, Farrah Tomazin, The Age, March 10 2010.
• “Group of Eight Review’s sum of all fears: maths is in serious decline”, Lucy Hood, The Australian, March 10 2010.
• “Go figure: maths no longer in its prime”, by Jennie Curint, Sydney Morning Herald, March 10 2010.
• “Mathematics students in significant decline“, Luke Slattery and Nicolas Perpitch, The Australian, March 11 2010.
• “Call to set maths whiz targets“, Andrew Trounson, The Australian, March 11 2010.
• “Equation for maths warns of disaster“, Luke Slattery, The Australian, March 11 2010.
• “Maths in crisis“, Glynn Rogers, ABC radio, March 14 2010.
• “Declining numeracy is shaping our future“, Guy Healy, the Australian, March 17 2010.
• “Numbers game we can win”, by Mary O’Kane, the Australian, March 24 2010.
• “The numbers don’t add up in maths class”, by Nalini Joshi, March 24 2010.
• “Research not bad, but not stellar“, Guy Healy, the Australian, May 5 2010.
• “A disaster? You do the maths“, Elisabeth Tarica, The Age, May 15 2010.
• “Government policy-makers are failing the maths test“, Jill Rowbotham, the Australian, May 26 2010.
• “Raw deal for maths and statistics in research workforce strategy“, Jill Rowbotham, the Australian, September 22 2010.
• “Cheaper maths and science courses attractive“, Cheryl Jones, The Australian, October 22 2010.
• “A plea for maths and stats“, Jan Thomas, the Funneled Web, May 5 2011.

There has also been significant media coverage over the plans to severely cut mathematics and statistics at USQ in 2008.  In 2009 there was some coverage of the Clay-Mahler lecture series in Australia.

If you know of any additional media links concerning mathematics in Australia, please do not hesitate to mention them here (or by email).