Abandon deregulation, retiring UC vice-chancellor warns Turnbull

“If Malcolm Turnbull honours what was said before the last election, then there would be no cuts to education, and there’d actually be no change to university funding arrangements in this term of government,” Parker said. “All he’s got to do is comply with what they said.”

“Germany also has no higher tax than Germany but has gone fee free for universities, which Australia should do.”

I couldn’t agree more with the above comment from the retiring UC vice-chancellor.

Instead of making this country better, all it is doing is going down hill. Cuts cuts cuts, when we will actually invest in our own people in our own country? I know politicians keep investing in theirs but not the people who voted them in.

I’m sick to death of this country when it comes to trying to get ahead. Record high university fees, taxes and cuts all while other countries are improving making education free, our government increases it and gives themselves a pay rise. It is becoming America where it is openly trying to keep the poor people poor and the rich not paying tax.

Look at the billions they allow Shell not to pay. Shell service stations paid $0 tax on $60 billion in Australian revenue over the past 3 years.

A group of fossil fuel companies, including Chevron, ExxonMobil and Shell, have allegedly arranged to extract $60 billion in tax free profits from the massive Gorgon gas project over the next ten years.

The Sunday Night program revealed that:
•Ten corporations sent $31 billion in revenue to Singapore to avoid paying tax in Australia;

•One corporation sent $11 billion in revenue from Australia to Singapore to avoid paying tax in Australia (suspicions are it’s a fossil fuel company);

•Up to $30 billion in tax revenue is lost to Australia thanks to corporate tax dodging each year.

Yet they cut from education, health, pension etc and up normal taxes AND give themselves a pay rise. When did this become ok?