Susan

Why Labor is stalling on real universities funding reform The education minister has deferred action to abolish the Morrison-era Job-ready Graduates scheme, which has helped to hollow out tertiary funding and saddled students with lifelong debts.

The Job-Ready Graduates scheme needs to go. I’ve been pushing hard for this reform since I was elected to Parliament and I won’t be stopping anytime soon.
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Why Labor is stalling on real universities funding reform The education minister has deferred action to abolish the Morrison-era Job-ready Graduates scheme, which has helped to hollow out tertiary funding and saddled students with lifelong debts.

It is deeply unfair in the fourth year of the Albanese Govt for students to still be wracking up eye watering debt under a system we know - and they recognise - has failed.

Reforming JRG is urgent - time to take it out of the too hard basket.
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Motherfucking wind farms…

Top Australian writers urge Albanese to abolish Job-Ready Graduates, calling their humanities degrees life changing Tim Winton, Helen Garner and Peter Garrett are just a few of the high-profile signatories to an open letter against Job-Ready Graduates – and for the humanities.

Top Australian writers urge Albanese to abolish Job-Ready Graduates, calling their humanities degrees life changing
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A petition to repeal the Job-Ready Graduates Policy is now available. Please sign and share widely. Our communities need humanities graduates.

openpetition.org/!zjmdn

#highered #auspol #petition #history #AcademicSky

Tim Winton among 100 high-profile Australians calling for university fees that don’t ‘punish’ arts students Open letter urges Labor to reverse JRG scheme, introduced by Coalition in 2021, as cost of humanities degrees reaches more than $50,000

I’ve been calling on the Govt to get rid of JRG for the last three years. This reform is urgent and will deal with the root cause of ballooning HECS debts - it makes no sense to kick it down the road while talking about cutting 20% or HECS.
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Legislation to remove the ‘Job Ready’ fee structure should be a priority for this parliament. Young people should not be burdened with debt because of the course they choose. Future Australia needs all of them.

Nosebleed… surely #hottest100

And the girls are clearly chuffed ❤️

Having said that… I do love this song ❤️ I sing at full volume ❤️

What ?! #hottest100

Khe Sanh will be top 5 and I have my fingers crossed for Flame Trees. Love that song

It spans generations and will be top 10 for sure.

How the student debt cut still fails students

“Australian university students are still paying some of the highest fees in the OECD under a system that punishes them for choosing the ‘wrong’ degree. That system has a name – the Job-ready Graduates package – and Labor has left it virtually untouched.” http://satpa.pe/xDEW3qP

Employers should pay their employees a liveable wage. No one should have to rely on tips for their salary.

Hooray 🙌

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Yay. I hate the tax I’m charged to pay with a card.

Trump’s big, beautiful mistake will have China licking its lips China’s leaders must be wondering whether they are hallucinating as Trump’s White House commits economic and geopolitical self-harm on a breathtaking scale.

Yep. I really thought Brexit was going to be the biggest National mistake of the 21st century but then the Americans voted Trump back in.

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LOL

100% agree with @astoundingmatt.bsky.social no one should be profiting from the care of children or the elderly.

Australians on Trump: dumb, dangerous and dishonest A global survey shows Australians have some of the most negative attitudes in the world towards the US president.

You can count on an Australian to spot bu*%|<>t.
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Cats are so weird…

Complete mystery. You could run 1 million reviews and it would still be a mystery.

Ahh the old ‘cancha take a joke’ put down/deflecton 🙂

Ahhh… the old ‘it was a joke’ defence strategy.

I’d like to report a robbery

A new satellite channel allows Alexei Navalny's videos to reach Russian audiences The Russia's Future channel, launched by Navalny's widow Yulia Navalnaya and Reporters Without Borders, began broadcasting Wednesday, on what would have been the late Russian activist's 49th birthday.

The Russia's Future channel, launched by Navalny's widow Yulia Navalnaya and Reporters Without Borders, began broadcasting Wednesday, on what would have been the late Russian activist's 49th birthday.

My reaction to that one was ‘Huh? Wtf?!

I think the electorate is watching all this unfold and know the urgency, reasoning and the actions of the Nationals are all crap.

Let’s gooooo!