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

My question is to the Prime Minister. Is the Prime Minister aware that the latest OECD figures show that Australian university students pay the second highest fees in the world, second only to those paid by students in the United States? Can the Prime Minister confirm that the OECD has sheeted home the blame for this to the Howard government, stating:

In Australia the main reason for the increase in the private share of spending on tertiary institutions between 1995 and 2003 was changes to the Higher Education Contribution Scheme that took place in 1997.

In light of the Prime Minister’s deliberate Americanisation of our university system—

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