It is stupid to constantly cut funding to education

Today Education Minister Simon Birmingham will give a speech in effect telling the higher education sector that he’s the Terminator. He’s just going to keep on coming after universities in an effort to cut their funding. And nothing is going to stop him.

Check out Bernard Keene's great story in Crickey.

And here's Minister Birmingham telling uni bosses to apply to terminate ALL the collective agreements. Disgraceful!

 

.....and of course Tony Abbott warns teaching more indigenous history in primary schools would be a “capitulation to the Left”