Tag: budget
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Federal Budget 2022: Uni students’ mixed reaction
The Morrison Government announced innovation and research as a key priority for the higher education sector in the 2022 Federal Budget, but university students are disappointed that their concerns have been overlooked.
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The Budget: Fee Hikes, Extra Taxes and ScoMo’s Back Sweat
By Dominic Giannini, Online Sub-Editor Mmmm, I love the smell of fear on budget night … the aroma of crisp paper, fresh ink and ScoMo’s back sweat. Lovely. On Tuesday 9 May, the government delivered the 2017-18 financial budget. It’s widely been received as a political sweetener, appealing to Labor policies and finally…
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What This Year’s Budget Means For Uni Students
By Dominic Giannini, Online Sub-Editor Last week, the National Tertiary Education Union (NTEU) released their expectations for what the 2017 Federal Budget will look like for tertiary students. With Paul Kniest of the NTEU predicting that the next budget will result in a “significant increase in fees paid by Commonwealth supported students” by…
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What we could buy instead of shiny new jets
The Abbott government focused much of its election campaign on the supposed budget “emergency”. They’ve cut funding for higher education, welfare, foreign aid and environmental programs. In contrast, the government has also recently committed $12.4 billion to a new batch of Joint Strike Force (JSF) fighter jets, which will cost an additional $12 billion in…
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Ice Cream, Politics & Gossip Girl: The Budget
It’s a joke. A pointless exercise contrived by the government of the day in an attempt to spin itself out of whatever black hole it’s managed to fall into. I should clarify. Every year the federal government hands down a budget in May. It’s a critical process of governing in Australia because it involves passing…