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Unions and student bodies have vowed to oppose the government’s higher education reforms after they were announced in detail yesterday.
The education overhaul will raise student course fees by an average of 8 per cent and lower the HECS repayment threshold to $42,000 a year. Independent Senator Jacqui Lambie has already announced she will not support the changes, meaning the government must rely on One Nation and the Nick Xenophon Team to pass the package in the Senate.
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Alex McKinnon, The Saturday Paper