This is a pivotal election for higher education.

We are in dire need of a government that is serious about governance reform, committed to reversing the disastrous “Job Ready Graduates” cuts, understands the value of independent public research, and manages international education fairly.

The Coalition has already signaled its intent to roll back key gains, such as the right to disconnect, while also targeting public universities by cutting international student enrolments and politically interfering with research. Every Coalition government has a track record of reducing investment in higher education, and it is clear they will return to these cuts if given the chance.

You can help, now is the time to remind students to enrol. Once an election is called, the enrolment period closes in seven days.

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While everyday Australians have been under cost-of-living pressures, big business has made record profits.

Now big business has demanded Australian workers have their workplace rights cut. This will make it even harder to get pay rises.

Peter Dutton wants to be Prime Minister and has promised to do what big business wants and abolish many of the important workplace rights working people rely on for wage rises.

The last time the Coalition was in power, wages didn’t grow for ten years.

Profits and Wage Index (2001=100)

Resources

Once an election is called, the enrolment period closes in seven days.

To make it easy, we’ve created a PowerPoint slide that you can share in your lectures to encourage students to check their enrolment and enrol if needed.

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