She must be some might fine designer

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http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/may/21/tony-abbotts-daughter-did-not-have-to-pay-for-60000-des...

Tony Abbott’s daughter Frances received a “chairman’s scholarship” for a degree costing more than $60,000 from the Whitehouse Institute of Design where an Abbott donor sits as chairman on the board of governors, Guardian Australia can reveal.

The revelation raises questions for the prime minister over whether the scholarship should have been declared on his interests register.

The Coalition government is also under pressure over changes to higher education funding announced in the budget.

Frances Abbott undertook a bachelor of design at the Whitehouse Institute of Design in Sydney from 2011 to 2013. Guardian Australia has confirmed that she received a scholarship during her time at the institute.

“Frances definitely was a student with us and received a chairman’s scholarship,” Leanne Whitehouse, director of the Institute told Guardian Australia. She declined to detail how many times the “chairman’s scholarship” has been awarded previously, but the institute’s website makes no references to the scholarship and states the institute “does not currently offer scholarships to gain a place into the Bachelor of Design”.

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@just*duff wrote:

lol. protests were organised the SAME day. all around the country. not since FA was found out to have had a free ride.

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not protests as in marches etc........just general complaints since the story broke.

how is fair that she gets a free education, when everyone else will be paying more. blah blah etc

this all happened back before her father would have even decided to make these policies.

maybe they should make it retrospective and include all people who finished degrees in 2011.......which to me is the same as what is happening here

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@*mrgrizz* wrote:

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@just*duff wrote:

lol. protests were organised the SAME day. all around the country. not since FA was found out to have had a free ride.

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not protests as in marches etc........just general complaints since the story broke.

how is fair that she gets a free education, when everyone else will be paying more. blah blah etc

this all happened back before her father would have even decided to make these policies.

maybe they should make it retrospective and include all people who finished degrees in 2011.......which to me is the same as what is happening here

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Her dad did not giver her a job in the family business.

She was given favour by people who could potentially want favour from her father in the future.

Pay now for favour later kind of thing.  The sort of thing that poeple are getting into trouble with ICAC over.  The sort of thing he should have listed int he pecuniary interests register.

I wonder if he claimed her as a dependent for tax purposes during that time.

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so a $60000 gamble?

[Anonymous]

Her father was always going to make these policies. lol-  historically its what the Libs do and is why they always have a surplus.

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@just*duff wrote:

Her father was always going to make these policies. lol-  historically its what the Libs do and is why they always have a surplus.

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there was never any garantee that he would become PM

[cherry*135]

"this all happened back before her father would have even decided to make these policies.
maybe they should make it retrospective and include all people who finished degrees in 2011.......which to me is the same as what is happening here"

No it isn't . The main issue about the scholarship was it does not appear to be given on merit.
The fact that FA had $60 000 tuition for free is grating on people now, in light of the budget changes for Increased Uni fees.

[cherry*135]

"there was never any garantee that he would become PM"

A high probability. He was already the Leader of the Opposition then. A promise for an increase in funding to private colleges would encourage some to vote for him.

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@am*3 wrote:
"this all happened back before her father would have even decided to make these policies.
maybe they should make it retrospective and include all people who finished degrees in 2011.......which to me is the same as what is happening here"

No it isn't . The main issue about the scholarship was it does not appear to be given on merit.
The fact that FA had $60 000 tuition for free is grating on people now, in light of the budget changes for Increased Uni fees.

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the fact is that the women who owns that PRIVATE college has the right to do whatever she wishes with her $60000

just as I do with the $10 i have spare

maybe she thought it may be good advertisng to say Tony Abbotts daughter is a student here

[cherry*135]

Yes the owner of the college can give free tuition to anyone she wants to.

We have already covered that.

In this case it was a MP''s daughter and the issue is should Abbott have declared it. The issue is not that the college gave out a scholarship.

Your comment that the college thought it might good to have an Abbott daughter as a student..leads even more to the assumption she got the scholarship because of who her father was, was than on any merit basis.

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May as well bang your head against a brick wall.