Since 2006, Kirsten has published 25 opinion pieces on indigenous policy in newspapers and magazines across Australia and New Zealand, including the Australian, Canberra Times, Courier Mail (Brisbane), Advertiser (Adelaide), West Australian (Perth), Herald (Newcastle), Press (Christchurch), Online Opinion and New Matilda.
2008
Effective teachers where they are needed most, Online Opinion, 25 February 2008
2007
How can we move forward?, Online Opinion, 27 December 2007
Rethinking Pay for Performance, New Matilda, 15 October 2007
Boost pay to keep top-class teachers, The Courier Mail, Brisbane, 3 October 2007
Testing times for literacy and numeracy, Online Opinion, 24 September 2007
Testing times for literacy and numeracy, The Herald, Newcastle, 15 September 2007
Breaking the cycle, The Press, Christchurch, 10 August 2007
More teachers, less truancy, The Courier Mail, Brisbane, 27 July 2007
Broader scope in NT for schools, The Canberra Times, 24 July 2007
In indigenous communities it is all about the teachers, Online Opinion, 2 July 2007
Teachers key to remote schools, The Australian, 18 June 2007
State must focus on Aboriginal schooling, The West Australian, 11 May 2007
Excuses fail our neediest students, The Australian, 4 April 2007
Law must be upheld by all sides, Online Opinion, 25 January 2007
Law must be upheld by all sides, The Australian, 17 January 2007
2006
Wrapped up in red tape and denied the flexibility to grow, The Australian, 29 December 2006
A hand up, not handouts, Online Opinion, 19 December 2006
A hand up, not handouts, is the solution, The Courier Mail, 1 December 2006
Stop excuses on indigenous education, The Adelaide Advertiser, 1 December 2006
Lessons to be learnt in tackling truancy, The West Australian, 20 October 2006
Sticks and carrots good for a start, The Courier Mail, Brisbane, 19 October 2006
Setting readers to rights, The Australian, 31 August 2006
The statistics don't show the full picture, The Advertiser, Adelaide, 11 August 2006
'Report into literacy and numeracy too narrow', The Canberra Times, 8 August 2006
Steep learning curve for all, The Australian, 12 June 2006
Skills better investment for indigenous, The Courier Mail, Brisbane, 25 April 2006
