Category: News
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In the media: University reforms: Elite calls for assessment of options
The Australian, 20 Mar 2015 By Andrew Trounson THE country’s elite universities want the government to convene an independent review panel to assess the alternative proposals emerging for higher education reform. The alternative proposals have emerged as part of bid by Education Minster Christopher Pyne to secure Senate support for a…
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In the media: Politics Unis, the battle intensifies
The Australian Financial Review, 19 Mar 2015 By Tim Dodd and Phil Coorey The federal government remains determined to deregulate university student fees, even though the Senate has rejected the plan twice, and is seeking advice from the universities’ lobbyist After the Senate voted 34-30 on Tuesday night to defeat…
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Go8 Media Release: Nothing to fear from university fee deregulation
In a last plea to the Senate, Australia’s leading universities have moved to allay unfounded fears that the deregulation of university fees will lead to exorbitant costs for students. The Group of Eight says the Government’s decision to delink its 20% of funding cuts for Australia’s universities from the vital…
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In the media: Deregulation decked, again
Campus morning mail, 18 March 2015 By Stephen Matchett But the Pyneator will be back I have now heard it all I just don’t know what it means. Anna Burke (Labor-Vic) in the House of Representatives yesterday called the Pyne plan “Gomer Pyle on steroids.” Deregulation defeated, again The Senate…
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In the media: Unis slam Senate for rejecting Christopher Pyne’s higher education changes
The Australian Financial Review, 17 March 2015 By Tim Dodd University’s warned that the Senate’s defeat on Tuesday night of the Abbott government’s higher education reform bill had postponed a solution to their urgent funding problem. “It has been sad and depressing to see a legislative package so crucial to…
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In the media: Senate blocks university deregulation again
World News Australia, 18 March 2015 Video link: The Senate has voted down the Abbott government’s plans to deregulate university fees for a second time. The Senate has blocked the federal government’s proposed deregulation of universities for a second time, after Education Minister Christopher Pyne failed to win over crucial…
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In the media: University fee deregulation blocked but Pyne pledges to fight on
The Conversation, 17 Mar 2015 By Michelle Grattan The Senate has defeated the government’s plan to deregulate university fees 34 votes to 30, with Labor, the Greens and five of the other eight crossbenchers combining to vote against it. Despite months of lobbying and an 11th-hour bid at compromise, Education…
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Go8 Media Release: Senate lets Australia down
The Senate’s refusal to pass the Government’s Higher Education funding package will have long-lasting repercussions for students, and the Australian economy. “It has been sad and depressing to see a legislative package so crucial to our nation’s future become a political football,” says Group of Eight Chief Executive Vicki Thomson.…
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In the media: Pyne to battle on as uni reforms rejected
Adelaide Advertiser, 18 Mar 2015 By Peter Jean EDUCATION Minister Christopher Pyne says he will try again to deregulate university fees after his controversial university reforms were rejected by the Senate last night. Senators voted 34 votes to 30 against the government’s plan to remove caps on the fees universities charge…
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In the media: Balancing the books
Adelaide Advertiser, 18 Mar 2015 By Peter Jean A major political roadblock has left our universities wondering how they can remain financially viable, as PETER JEAN reports. E DUCATION Minister Christopher Pyne this week described himself as a “fixer” who knows how to be politically “nimble”. But Mr Pyne does not…
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In the media: Uni reforms crushed
Herald Sun, 18 Mar 2015 By Ellen Whinnett and Annika Smethurst Pyne vows to resurrect fees plan THE Federal Government’s bid to allow universities to set their own fees was defeated last night when the Senate voted down the higher education reform Bill. Crossbench senators Nick Xenophon, Jacqui Lambie, Ricky…
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In the media: Pyne to revive university reforms at winter sitting
The Australian, 18 March 2015 By Sarah Martin & Rosie Lewis THE government will reintroduce laws to “liberate” universities in the winter sitting of parliament, after the Senate again torpedoed its reform plans last night. The Australian understands the Coalition wants to reintroduce the reform bill in July, creating a…
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In the media: Interview with Vicki Thomson, Group of 8 Universities
My MP – 1377AM (Melbourne) My Melbourne 17/03/2015 09:13 Glenn Ridge 13:05 Andrew Powlay P.A.S.S. Thomson represents a group of the 8 major universities in Australia and discusses the impact of the Federal Government’s higher education changes. She says it is a period of uncertainty for students and they are…
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In the media: U-turn fails to win over Senate
The Australian, 17 Mar 2015 By SARAH MARTIN and ROSIE LEWIS A LAST-DITCH compromise aimed at winning support for university fee deregulation will be voted down by the Senate tomorrow, leaving the future of tertiary funding in doubt. Education Minister Christopher Pyne’s surprise move to split the government’s higher education…
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In the media: Uni reforms headed for defeat despite concessions concessions
Sydney Morning Herald, 17 Mar 2015 By Matthew Knott The Abbott government’s lastditch bid to win support for its higher education reforms by abandoning a threat to sack 1700 scientists has failed to convince the Senate crossbench to support the deregulation of university fees. Education Minister Christopher Pyne announced on Monday…
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In the media: Eight lone wolves the great hope
The Courier Mail, 17 March 2015 By Dennis Atkins ADVOCATES of policy boldness and reform are scathing about the unprecedented number of independent senators standing between success and failure of legislation. There are now eight individuals who are either unbranded Independents or single representatives of parties. The Palmer United Party, Family…
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In the media: Uni fees backflip will flop
The Age, 17 March 2015 By Matthew Knott Deregulation Senate to reject Pyne’s policy shift The Abbott government’s lastditch bid to win support for its higher education reforms by abandoning a threat to sack 1700 scientists has failed to convince the Senate crossbench to support the deregulation of university fees. Education…
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In the media: No Impediments to Passing Landmark University Reform
Getlearning.com.au, 16 March 2015 By getlearning.com.au editor The Federal Government’s decision to delink its 20% of funding cuts for Australia’s universities – and the future of NCRIS research funding – from the vital fee deregulation legislation is sensible, and is welcomed by the Go8. “This legislation is critical to the…
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Go8 Media Release: No Impediments to Passing Landmark University Reform – Group of Eight
The Federal Government’s decision today to delink its 20% of funding cuts for Australia’s universities – and the future of NCRIS research funding – from the vital fee deregulation legislation is sensible, and is welcomed by the G8. “This legislation is critical to the future of quality teaching for students, and…
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In the media: Libs may take uni reforms to a poll
The Australian, 16 March 2015 By Stefanie Balogh and Sarah Martin THE push to deregulate tertiary fees and “liberate’’ universities will not be abandoned by the government even if the Senate votes down changes this week. As one of Labor’s most senior figures, Peter Beattie, warns that failure to act…
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In the media: Top universities warning vital research may end due to funding cuts
SBS, Sydney, 11 March 2015 Hosted by Anton Enus and Kathy Novak Australia’s leading research universities have taken out newspaper ads warning vital research institutions face closure because the Government has linked their funding to the “Tertiary Reform Bill” currently stuck in the Senate. With no compromise yet emerging on…
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In the media: Unis bag ‘dumb’ decision on research
Yahoo News, 11 March 2015 The nation’s top universities have used paid advertisements to describe as “dumb” the Abbott government’s decision to link research funding to fee deregulation. The Group of Eight universities, which include the University of Sydney, the University of Melbourne and the University of Queensland, are the…
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In the media: How will university education deregulation effect equity and access? We ask NUS and two Vice-Chancellors
ABC, Sydney (7:30), 11 March 2015 Hosted by Leigh Sales The National Union of Students argue tertiary education deregulation will be unfair to students while the Vice-Chancellors of two major universities discuss the issues of access and suggest funding is an issue that needs addressing. Video link: Transcript LEIGH SALES,…
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In the media: Getting uni reform through a ‘challenge’
Skype News Live (PM Agenda), 11 March 2015 Hosted by David Speers Go8 CEO Vicki Thomson discusses the fee reform package (video) Video link: Interview with Vicki Thomson, CEO of the Group of Eight about higher education reforms. Thomson says Christopher Pyne is negotiating his way through a tricky crossbench…