Article 614YQ Albanese says he’ll treat Putin with ‘contempt’ if paths cross at G20 summit – as it happened

Albanese says he’ll treat Putin with ‘contempt’ if paths cross at G20 summit – as it happened

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Josh Taylor, Stephanie Convery and Natasha May (ea
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In his speech, Jason Clare also lamented the fact that although the target of 40% of people aged 25 to 34 having bachelor degrees had been achieved, a separate target for 20% of enrolments to be from people from low socioeconomic backgrounds had not.

Instead, it had barely moved" from 15%, from when the target was set in 2008. Indigenous enrolment was less than 10%.

I don't want us to be a country where your chances in life depend on your postcode, your parents, or the colour of your skin. None of us want that. But that's where we are today. I am not naive, I know this is hard to shift.

And that, at its core, is what the Australian Universities accord will be about: a reset. And an opportunity to build a long-term plan for our universities, together. Drawing on the advice of the leadership in this room, your staff, unions, business, students, parents and all political parties.

Looking at everything from funding and access to affordability, transparency, regulation, employment conditions and also how universities and TAFEs and other higher education and vocational education providers and training institutions work together.

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