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Wed 8, 2013 
Students participating in the LTS campaign
NATIONAL PROTEST AGAINST $2.3 BIL FUNDING CUTS - MAY 14 - TAKE ACTION!
On Saturday 13 April, Craig Emerson, Minister for Tertiary Education, Skills and Training announced funding cuts of $900 million dollars in university funding through the introduction of a two year 'efficiency dividend'.
Once again students have been treated as an afterthought by the Federal Government, with both universities and students being squeezed for all that they've got. And the Coalition does not appear at all interested in reversing the cuts if they are voted in come September.
At the same time, students from 2014 would be required to repay government Start-Up Scholarships. For scholarship students, this means up to 37% more debt and more than a decade of student loan repayments once they finish their studies.
Once again, students are being asked to pay more for less.
OUR DEMANDS:
- Repeal all funding cuts to tertiary education
- Hands off Start-Up Scholarships
- No increases to student fees
Come together on your campus and in your capital city on May 14 to send a clear message to the Federal Government that we will fight funding cuts.
ACTIONS CONFIRMED (all times are local):
Sydney: 11am, UTS Alumni Green; 12:30pm, Victoria Park, cnr City & Parramatta Rds
Armidale: 12pm - 2pm, Q&A, E 07 Education RM133, University of New England.
Newcastle: 12pm, Derkenne Courtyard, Shortland Building, Callaghan
Melbourne: 2pm, State Library, march to Federation Square
Brisbane: 12pm event at UQ, 2pm rally in Queens Square and 5pm, Brisbane Square, top of Brisbane Mall, opposite Treasury Casino
Townsville and Cairns: 12pm lunchtime forum at main CQU campus
Adelaide: 12-1pm,Ligertwood Plaza, University of Adelaide
Canberra: 12.30pm, ANU Union Court
Hobart: 12:45 pm, University of Tasmania (Sandy Bay Campus)
Launceston: 12pm, rally and BBQ outside cafeteria, UTAS Launceston campus
Perth: 12pm - Murdoch, Bush Court, South Street campus; 1pm Curtin Stadium Gym, Bentley campus & 2pm UWA Oak Lawn, Crawley campus.
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