Angry nurses have attacked the Federal Government after a private university was yesterday promised a cash handout only months after Sydney University's nursing faculty was told it would be axed.
In the next two months, young Australians will experience the joy and heartache accompanying the arrival of year 12 results and, for those who make it, the decisions about tertiary courses. For those who succeed in qualifying for a university place, there should be a reasonable expectation that in a country that aspires to have a knowledge economy, such a place will be available. Yet the reality is vastly different. Australian Vice-Chancellors' Committee figures show that this year up to 7000 eligible Victorian students, and 24,300 nationally, missed out.