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More than 1 in 3 Australian adults are functionally illiterate. How can we fix this?

By Genevieve McArthur, Professor at the Australian Centre for the Advancement of Literacy, Australian Catholic University

Functional literacy describes the skills needed for everyday life in our complex society. Improving it for adults may be Australia’s biggest challenge.

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