As political commentators and the Twitter mob rage over the Morrison government’s rearrangement of higher education contributions, discussion is being drawn away from a perhaps more obvious injustice: the highly unpopular Student Services and Amenities Fees.
It has been 15 years now since the Howard Government abolished compulsory student unionism on the premise that countless students were paying for services that they either did not receive or was contrary to their interests.
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