A SHORTEN LABOR GOVERNMENT’S PLAN FOR HIGHER EDUCATION

Thank you for that introduction.

I’d like acknowledge the traditional owners of the land on which we meet, and pay my respects to their elders past and present.

Everyone here knows that, more than ever before, universities are crucial to the future prosperity of our nation.

As our economy undergoes significant change and digital disruption, as the demand for innovative and entrepreneurial graduates with a dynamic skillset increases and as new Australian ideas propel new innovations and technologies; the role universities play in our collective economic and social success has never been greater.

Higher education is essential to building a growing, innovative and dynamic economy.

And higher education fosters social mobility, giving more Australians the opportunity to overcome disadvantage and circumstance through the power of education.

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