When I started my tertiary studies, they were "free". I only had to pay HECS for my final semester.
When it started, the fees were fairly reasonable and could be justified by making the people who will benefit from a Degree pay their way.
However, the University sector is now a huge government funded and controlled monstrosity. Mid level jobs that 30 years ago required a High School education now need a Degree. Think Nursing, Policing and Accounting.
Young people are being lumbered with a massive HECS debt and it is affecting their ability to get a home loan now - and with house prices ridiculously high the next generation will be renters.
So, good luck to these students getting a 20% reduction in their massively overpriced study costs. Remember, it's not a free market.
As a comparison, if your neighbours won the lottery would you cry "not fair" as you missed out?
How about when your friend gets a big inheritance and you don't? - also unfair?
You're conflating individual exigent circumstances with blanket government policy. Why should taxpayer money - which is expropriated from our earnings - be redirected to people who made one choice over another? Why is one group punished for making good choices? I don't choose my family and its inheritance; but I can choose what profession I'm in. (Also, "free" means "taxpayer funded.")
Exactly. How do I look my tradie mates in the eye and tell them I deserve this when they work hard for their money? How does someone with a degree in vegan feminist literature studies do the same thing? Vote grabbers gonna grab.
When I started my tertiary studies, they were "free". I only had to pay HECS for my final semester.
When it started, the fees were fairly reasonable and could be justified by making the people who will benefit from a Degree pay their way.
However, the University sector is now a huge government funded and controlled monstrosity. Mid level jobs that 30 years ago required a High School education now need a Degree. Think Nursing, Policing and Accounting.
Young people are being lumbered with a massive HECS debt and it is affecting their ability to get a home loan now - and with house prices ridiculously high the next generation will be renters.
So, good luck to these students getting a 20% reduction in their massively overpriced study costs. Remember, it's not a free market.
As a comparison, if your neighbours won the lottery would you cry "not fair" as you missed out?
How about when your friend gets a big inheritance and you don't? - also unfair?
You're conflating individual exigent circumstances with blanket government policy. Why should taxpayer money - which is expropriated from our earnings - be redirected to people who made one choice over another? Why is one group punished for making good choices? I don't choose my family and its inheritance; but I can choose what profession I'm in. (Also, "free" means "taxpayer funded.")
To be so sheltered to believe this is a matter of making good choices. What a charmed life, Tom.
Exactly. How do I look my tradie mates in the eye and tell them I deserve this when they work hard for their money? How does someone with a degree in vegan feminist literature studies do the same thing? Vote grabbers gonna grab.