Jenny Macklin (Jagajaga, Australian Labor Party, Deputy Leader of the Opposition) Share this | Hansard source

My question is to the Minister for Education, Science and Training. Can the minister confirm for the House that there are now 80 undergraduate degrees enrolling Australian students in full-fee courses costing up to $200,000, with entry scores substantially lower than for the equivalent HECS place—for example, nearly 15 marks lower than a HECS place for a bachelor of education and arts degree at the University of Sydney, 18 marks lower for a Bachelor of Engineering (Aerospace) at the University of Adelaide and nearly 20 marks lower for a bachelor of sports science at Deakin University in Melbourne? Doesn’t this show that the Howard government is hell bent on Americanising our university system?

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