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Patchwork policy unravelling.

Australasian Business Intelligence, July, 2007

Byline: Luke Slattery

Jul 10, 2007 (The Australian Financial Review - ABIX via COMTEX) -- The Australian Government continues to be strongly criticised over its education policy as concerns grow about the nation's skills crisis. Despite an election-year pledge of $A3.5bn to boost education, the Government's management credentials have been questioned by senior educators and researchers. Monash University demographer Bob Birrell argues that government policies have capped domestic participation in higher education just when the booming economy needs skilled workers. The number of Australian students studying science subjects, for instance, is lower in 2007 than it was 18 years earlier.

Publication Date: 11 July 2007

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