OZschwitz: Imbecile Rudd Government to reintroduce compulsory fees for university students

THE Rudd Government is set to reintroduce compulsory fees for university students to reverse a decline in sporting and social services on campuses.

It is understood that an announcement is due next month on an "opt-out" system in which students will be able to choose which services their fees are spent on and whether they belong to the student union.

It will aim to redress what the Government says are the consequences of the Howard government wiping out compulsory student unionism in late 2005 and replacing it with voluntary student unionism.

The former government relied on the support of the Family First Senator Steve Fielding after the Nationals Barnaby Joyce crossed the Senate floor because he feared a decline in campus sport.

Senator Joyce, who met recently with the National Union of Students, told the Herald yesterday that he would vote with Labor again if he liked the legislation.

Sport, he said, had been "smacked" by VSU. "I haven't changed my position. If it's right, I will support it," he said.

"You've got to have some capacity to cover sporting costs. A university is more than an academic institution."

A report commissioned in February by the Youth Minister, Kate Ellis, and released recently, received more than 162 submissions, the majority of which "concluded that the abolition of upfront compulsory student union fees had impacted negatively on the provision of amenities and services to university students".

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OZschwitz: Imbecile Rudd Government to reintroduce compulsory fees for university students

OZschwitz: Imbecile Rudd Government to reintroduce compulsory fees for university students

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