Labor badly misguided on universities

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A recent Australian study by the Mackenzie Research Institute at Melbourne’s Holmesglen Institute concluded that university degrees have become tickets to work, but not necessarily success.

While university graduates hold the highest-paying and most prestigious positions, their percentage of low-paying work is increasing.

This sometimes comes at the expense of people with only diplomas and trade certifications, who have crowded out workers with little or no postsecondary education.

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About the author
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.