In the week when the Senate supported the government’s bills to slug unis for admin costs of the student loan scheme Senator James McGrath (LNP-Queensland) gave notice of a bill to stop universities charging students mandatory service fees (Hansard, December 6). As the learned Conor King from the Innovative Research Universities points out, it’s a charge that student unionists support and some conservatives in parliament oppose.
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