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Higher ed underfunded, says opposition
Both the federal Coalition and the Australian Greens have expressed concerns that the higher education sector will be underfunded as a result of last week’s budget.
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While the Greens’ commitment to Tertiary Education is genuine, it will never be sullied by the necessary compromises of implementation. However, for the Liberals to decry falls in standards to due underfunding is breath-taking in its hypocrisy, with levels of funding under the Howard government falling year after year with little respite.