NTEU response to Coalition's higher education Budget reforms

The government’s proposed higher education funding cuts were introduced as the Higher Education Support Legislation Amendment (A More Sustainable, Responsive and Transparent Higher Education System) Bill 2017 on 11 May 2017. Amidst its legislative agenda, the Bill imposes massive funding cuts to higher education, increases the maximum student contribution by 1.8 per cent for four years from 2018, and applies an efficiency dividend of 2.5 per cent per annum to grants under the Commonwealth Grant Scheme (CGS) in 2018 and 2019. More...