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VET in the Budget – the government’s statement
13 May 2014 ……………………………………………………………………………………………………… The “tools for your trade payments” for apprentices will cease from 1 July 2014. It will be replaced immediately with a Trade Support Loans Program...
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Go8: Structural reform of higher education long overdue
Group of Eight | 13 May 2014 ……………………………………………………………………………………………………… “These historic reforms reconcile access and quality, and make growth affordable.” …………………………………………………………………………………………………….……...
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IRU: A package to explore for the future
IRU | 14 May 2013 ……………………………………………………………………………………………………… “Ensuring the open charges system is introduced well, is a major challenge. The changes move more of the cost of higher education onto...
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UA: Budget drives sweeping changes to higher education
UA | 13 May 2013 ……………………………………………………………………………………………………… ” By resisting some of the more severe recommendations made by the National Commission of Audit in relation to the higher education loans...
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Looking on the bright side of the budget
14 May 2014 ……………………………………………………………………………………………………… Last week it seemed that New Matilda, which has been publishing intelligent coverage of Australian and international politics, media and culture...
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The rich and the rhetoric won the day
15 May 2014 ……………………………………………………………………………………………………… The 2014 federal budget asks all Australians to take one for the team and tighten their belts. And by ‘all’ we mean the poor, students, the sick,...
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Higher education ads slammed
Fairfax Media | 9 December 2014 ……………………………………………………………………………………………………… The Abbott government has launched a taxpayer-funded advertising campaign to address concerns about its proposed higher...
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MYEFO budget measures
ACPET | 22 December 2014 ……………………………………………………………………………………………………… The Mid-year Economic and Fiscal Outlook (MYEFO), released on 15 December, updates the economic and fiscal outlook from the...
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HECS debts to rise after Labor cuts a deal on legislation
The Australian | 3 December 2015 ………………………………………………………………………………………………………
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TDA and ACPET oppose Labor’s VET FEE-HELP cap
TDA cautions against capping loans for TAFE students TAFE Directors Australia (TDA) has welcomed the federal opposition’s plan to find savings from the poorly administered VET FEE-HELP loan scheme,...
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