Undoubtedly, many university students across the country have mixed feelings towards the Morrison government’s recent decision to shift $480 million of existing subsidies towards degrees in which a significant skills shortage has been identified. As a result, changes to university fees will vary from a 113 per cent price increase for humanities courses to a 62 per cent decrease in areas such as agriculture and mathematics. 

Of course, these announcements have not been made on a whim.