The Abbott Government's planned de-regulation of uni degrees to hit women the hardest

By Terri Macdonald. New modelling by the National Centre for Social and Economic Modelling (NATSEM) at the University of Canberra, in conjunction with news website The Conversation report (HECS upon you: NATSEM models the real impact of higher uni fees) has found that women are likely to be hit hardest by deregulation, with female science graduates paying $45,000 more for their degrees, even if the actual cost of degrees did not substantially increase. More...