As we are writing this editorial for the Australian Journal of Education (AJE), pictures of the Australian bushfires are being circulated around the world. It is the summer holidays Down Under and many of the schools around the country are being used as evacuation centres or to accommodate people tasked with firefighting or re-establishing essential services like water and electricity. Among many other things, this is a reminder that education is a public good and an integral part of our society to which the AJE feels privileged to contribute.

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当我们为《澳大利亚教育杂志》（AJE）撰写这篇社论时，澳大利亚丛林大火的图片正在世界范围内流传。这是Down Under的暑假，全国各地的许多学校都被用作疏散中心，或为需要消防或重建水电等基本服务的人们提供住宿。除其他外，这提醒人们，教育是一种公共物品，也是我们社会不可或缺的一部分，AJE感到很荣幸能为之贡献。