Elite unis should take a hard look in the mirror
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The prestigious Group of Eight (Go8) universities have launched a stinging attack on the Turnbull Government’s “fatally flawed” university funding reforms. From The Canberra Times:
The Turnbull government has introduced legislation to increase university fees by 7.5 per cent, slash the HECS repayment threshold to $42,000 and cut teaching grants through a new 2.5 per cent “efficiency dividend”.
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Leith van Onselen is Chief Economist at the MB Fund and MB Super. He is also a co-founder of MacroBusiness.
Leith has previously worked at the Australian Treasury, Victorian Treasury and Goldman Sachs.
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