Election 2004 - Media Information Kit

CAPA welcomes the announcement of the 2004 Federal election - an election likely to be fought out on education issues. This media kit outlines CAPA 10 key concerns for higher education, and the concerns we would like to see addressed by major parties over the coming weeks.

"Since coming to power in 1996, the Howard government has stripped universities of around five billion dollars in funding, failed to index grants to account for staff wage increases, allowed class sizes to balloon, and the academic workforce to age considerably as under-funding limits employment opportunities for new researchers and teaching staff," said CAPA President Stephen Horton.

"This election is a great opportunity for Australians to turn our universities around. Over the next few weeks, CAPA will be outlining our vision for higher education, and particularly postgraduate education. Later in the campaign we will release a score card comparing the major parties' commitments to higher education," Mr Horton concluded.

Attached is a copy of CAPA's Vision for Higher Education (p. 2), followed by an information sheet on each of CAPA's 10 key issues for Higher Education. CAPA will be releasing these issues statements throughout the election campaign.

Download the entire PDF for the full media information kit.