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How did Australian universities go from free education to $50,000 arts degrees in 50 years?

How did Australian universities go from free education to $50,000 arts degrees in 50 years?
16.11.2025 7

Pearls and Irritations

George Williams

How did Australian universities go from free education to $50k arts degrees in 50 years?

How did Australian universities go from free education to $50k arts degrees in 50 years?
13.11.2025 10

Canberra Times

George Williams

How did Australian universities go from free education to $50,000 arts degrees in 50 years?

How did Australian universities go from free education to $50,000 arts degrees in 50 years?

Thanks to the Job Ready Graduates scheme, an arts degree today will cost over $50,000. How have five decades of government policy taken us from free...

12.11.2025 20

The Conversation

George Williams

Young people are turning away from higher education. Now’s our chance to change that

Australia needs more students graduating from university to support new industries and emerging jobs. The Albanese government has a gild-edged...

15.05.2025 4

The Sydney Morning Herald

George Williams

Hungry for knowledge … and starving: poverty shouldn’t be uni rite of passage

30.04.2025 10

The Australian

George Williams

Labor’s caps on international students are on the brink of defeat. Will they now act in the national interest?

The expected defeat of the federal government’s proposed caps on international student numbers provides the entire nation with an important...

19.11.2024 50

The Guardian

George Williams

Albanese’s HECS relief won’t fix the core problem – the fees system is broken

The prime minister has committed to a trifecta of reforms to address student debt. Graduate repayments will begin at a higher income level, current...

03.11.2024 3

WA Today

George Williams

Albanese’s HECS relief won’t fix the core problem – the fees system is broken

The prime minister has committed to a trifecta of reforms to address student debt. Graduate repayments will begin at a higher income level, current...

03.11.2024 5

The Sydney Morning Herald

George Williams

Albanese’s HECS relief won’t fix the core problem – the fees system is broken

The prime minister has committed to a trifecta of reforms to address student debt. Graduate repayments will begin at a higher income level, current...

03.11.2024 3

The Age

George Williams

Albanese’s HECS relief won’t fix the core problem – the fees system is broken

The prime minister has committed to a trifecta of reforms to address student debt. Graduate repayments will begin at a higher income level, current...

03.11.2024 5

Brisbane Times

George Williams

Student debt: system is unjust and undermining social cohesion

30.10.2024 3

The Australian

George Williams