Green Lantern wrote:
> "Sir John Howard" <sirjohnhoward@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message
>
news:a66f3fbb-69c9-4b9e-a4d4-836c68558e36@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > University life dying without union fees, study says
> >
> >
http://www.smh.com.au/news/national/university-life-dying-without-union-fees-study-says/2008/05/07/1210131068835.html
> >
> > MORE than 90 per cent of submissions to an inquiry into voluntary
> > student union laws say campus life is in decline and changes need to
> > be made if s****ting, cultural and student organisations are to
> > survive.
> >
> > But most believe that students rather than taxpayers should be
> > responsible for funding the activities and services, according to an
> > analysis by the National Union of Students.
> >
> > [Oh, right! Can you say 'vested self-interest'? Of course you can!]
> >
> > Universities used to charge students up to $500 a year in union fees
> > for non-educational activities and services. But in 2005 the Howard
> > government banned universities from imposing a compulsory union fee.
> > Instead, it encouraged them to move to a user-pays system.
> >
> > The Rudd Government has asked the Education Department to *****s the
> > impact of those laws. Universities have lost about $167 million in
> > annual income, a study by the Australasian Campus Union Managers'
> > Association and Australian University S****t claims.
> >
> > ---------------------------------------
> >
> > How can the universities lose $167m? Its not going to them but the
> > unions. Hey, wait, they're not pocketing some of it are they?
>
> Wouldn't this be inflationary ?
Of course.
