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Student Protesters Are Revolting

as are politicians

 Tony Burke, the Manager of Opposition Business...no, not a berk, a word not able to be used here. (Although Pyne did dispute he said that word, instead insisting he said grub)

Some students were going to take a gap year next year and go overseas on a gap year program.  In 2015 Uni fees are at exisitng rates. From 2016 the new higher fees take affect.

Those students are cancelling their gap year prorgam now, because they don't want to miss out on 1 year of lower fees.

Yes and Ms Gillard was expelled for 24hrs after calling abbott a grub even after she apologised.

That's off. 

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For those in NSW things are even worse....seems that TAFE and job training costs are also going up & up

http://www.smh.com.au/comment/education-catch22-will-get-a-lot-worse-20140517-38gym.html

Education catch-22 will get a lot worse

Young unemployed in NSW and next year's school graduates are in for a nasty double whammy.

Not only do they face the Abbott government's tough "earn or learn" welfare restrictions from January 1, but hefty fee hikes for jobs training, courtesy of the state government, will kick in on the same day.

A school-leaver or newly unemployed young person won't be able to access welfare for six months unless they enrol full-time in a course, under rules announced in the federal budget.

But to "learn" at TAFE or one of the new private providers offering workplace training next year, students will face fees of up to $4000 for basic certificates. Forty per cent of students will face fee rises of more than $500.

Yes, that is the sticking point in the unemployed 'youth must study'... the course fees are very expensive, plus training & education programs have been cut already...so there is less they can apply for.

Also there is only so many people per course accepted. Some courses application only, and have traditionally had a lot more applicants than places available.

Can't study if you

1) Can't afford the course fee

and/or

2)  Miss out on a place in course you applied for and have to wait another 6mths or 1 year to apply again.

Hundreds of youth being churned out of TAFE's with the same certificates isn't going to increase their chance of employment either, just makes more competition for the few jobs that are available.

If a person under 30 is in receipt of a Govt benefit they may get some subsidised fee for a TAFE Course, but if they are in the no dole eligibility group, they will have no income, no subsidised fees.