“Want to be the next Elon Musk? … Study engineering under the Government’s proposed Job-ready Graduates Package & your student contributions will be reduced by 21 per cent” the Department of Education, Skills and Employment, tweets.

A learned reader points out Mr Musk’s ventures have picked-up a bucket of US Government subsidies over time, which would make tax-law a good choice for aspiring elons – except that law and finance degrees will cost students 20 per cent more.