‘Morphine drip’: Shorten warns of international student addiction, calls for new tax to fund unis

In a major intervention on the future of tertiary education, Bill Shorten says the broken higher education system forces ...

Shorten proposes 1pc levy of corporate profits to cut HECS bills

University of Canberra vice chancellor Bill Shorten says the almost four-decades-old HECS system is faltering and urges the ...

Bill Shorten’s new tax idea: $5.2bn business levy to pay for universities’ future

University vice-chancellor and former federal Labor leader Bill Shorten will propose a $5.2bn tax on business to help reset a “faltering” student debt system in his biggest policy intervention since ...

Why Bill Shorten wants a $5bn annual tax slug on business

A new $5 billion annual tax slug on Australian businesses to help fund Australian universities has been mooted by University ...