Fed: Gillard stands by abolition of full-fee uni degrees

AAP General News (Australia)
12-11-2007
Fed: Gillard stands by abolition of full-fee uni degrees

Education Minister JULIA GILLARD will push ahead with plans to abolish full fee-paying
university degrees .. but can't guarantee tertiary places won't be lost.

Labor promised before the election it would get rid of full-fee degrees by 2009 ..

and compensate universities with 11-thousand HECS places.

Ms GILLARD says the federal government's clear principle is that Australian students
should get into university on the basis of merit .. not their capacity to pay.

Universities have warned they'll have to take on more fee-paying international students
to make up for lost revenue.

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KEYWORD: UNIVERSITIES GILLARD (CANBERRA)

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