Flailing Higher Ed Bill off to two Senate inquiries

By Jeannie Rea (NTEU National Office). Last week the House of Reps debate on the Higher Education and Research Reform Bill 2014 (Mark 11) stopped and started with strong speeches from the opposition senators. Liberal and National MPs sounded increasingly desperate as they tried to find any measure off credibility in their government’s plans to deregulate fees beyond avoiding government responsibility to fund public higher education, while still extending CSP subsidies to private providers. More...