Tehan opens with an acknowledgement of the Ngunnawal people, their lands and elders. He does not add anything about the military #NPC

an unfunny aside, and the lies start flowing. You know how the Liberals have attacked every level of education, from early childhood to weaponising schools to the destruction of TAFE to abandoning universities? The education minister says it has done the opposite. #NPC

package. Drink. #NPC

workforce participation lies.
productivity guff.
alignment between the cost of teaching a degree and fees omg the blatant lies. Higher fees for law, which requires a book and a laptop; lower fees for nurses and scientists whose teaching infrastructure costs much more.

the changes are at unit level, not degree level. So the government can dictate course choices. Grandfather state. Speaking of, current students costs are grandfathered ie the government will not retrospectively charge more for completed units in unfinished degree. Thanks, Dan!

the structural changes will compel students to do which courses the government desires, which Tehan calls “students will have the freedom to choose which units they study” because every tory day is Opposite Day.

they “will grow” regional university places do sound like there is some of that sweet sweet free public money for the extended Taylor empire #NPC

a half billion dollar per year sweetener - this is across all 38 universities - to support regional students. I wonder how much of that will go to the Taylor family shopfronts. #NPC

the usual leveraging of Indigenous people to serve performative policy purposes.

yep there it is. Millions for the Taylor empire shopfronts, which are called regional student support centres or something #NPC

new digital skills for naval ship building projects. Upskilling. Goodness. And a “National priorities and linkage fund” will get $900 million. Sounds like a near cool billion for an education sector Nev Power committee. #NPC

where is all this money coming from? Oh sorry, it’s the Liberal Party, mustn’t ask for costings #NPC

heh yep. “Thoughtful and methodical reviews by eminent Australians” sure, Dan. #NPC

they are pushing for universities to expand provision of certified short courses. Presumably for the plebs. You know, while mediocre offspring of the propertied classes study western civilisation or whatever. #NPC

export earnings from international students because they will shift to markets where covid has been “successfully managed”. Hope the kids know that if there is a second wave we will abandon them to the streets to queue for food #NPC

universities also have to re-focus on domestic students. To get back to work, says Tehan. In all those jobs just siting to be filled, obviously #NPC “National cabinet will play a central role in this reform”.

rhetorical peak incoming. A Menzies reference. Haha omg the Liberals always have to fabricate legacy. Actual legacy, like Whitlam’s, reside in the collective memory, because it is real. #NPC

oh there is a current cyber threat. Not cyber attack. Or was it a cyber action? The education minister just said he “can’t say anymore about the current cyber threat” tho. Hope that clears things up! #NPC

it is so weirdly disorienting to be able to perceive how Jane Norman is absolutely the best person to chair this #NPC from a Liberal Party (and therefore ABC news) perspective and the worst possible person for the job from a public interest perspective.

lot of incentivising flying round the room here. Lock up your cats. #NPC

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