Liberal Party of Australia

Student Services Bill Lost in Senate

Media Release
Tuesday, 18 August 2009

The Federal Government’s Student Services and Amenities Bill was defeated in the Senate today in a tied vote.

“This is a regrettable outcome for government, for universities and for students. This will mean the standards of services and amenities available to students will continue to decline” CAPA President, Nigel Palmer said.

Higher Education Report Card for the 2007 Federal Election

Briefing Paper
Date: 
Tuesday, 20 November 2007

A report card on the higher education policies of the Coalition and Labor parties released by university staff and students on Tuesday has failed the Howard Government for its record on universities.

The report card, prepared by National Tertiary Education Union, the National Union of Students and the Council of Australian Postgraduate Associations, awarded Labor a pass on the basis of the well targeted but limited commitments announced during the campaign and its stated commitment to build on these in office.

Higher Education Report Card for the 2007 Federal Election

Media Release
Tuesday, 20 November 2007

A report card on the higher education policies of the Coalition and Labor parties released by university staff and students on Tuesday has failed the Howard Government for its record on universities.

The report card, prepared by National Tertiary Education Union, the National Union of Students and the Council of Australian Postgraduate Associations, awarded Labor a pass on the basis of the well targeted but limited commitments announced during the campaign and its stated commitment to build on these in office.

No joy for unis in PM's vision

Guy Healy and Brendan O'Keefe
November 14, 2007


UNIVERSITIES, innovation and science were notably absent from John Howard's centrepiece speech on Monday.

The Prime Minister announced another $9.2 billion in promises, including tax rebates on schooling expenses and $4000 bursaries to help up to 1000 isolated students' transition to universities, but did not otherwise refer to universities' role in national innovation or in educating the country's almost one million students.

VSU One Year On

Media Release
Wednesday, 15 August 2007

A new report by the Council of Australian Postgraduate Associations (CAPA) has established that, one year after implementation, voluntary student unionism (VSU) has resulted in a critical diminution of service delivery and significant loss of staff and representative capacity in postgraduate student organisations across university campuses.

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