While schools receive an extra $1.2 billion in funding for 2018-20, reforms for higher education are delayed by a further year.
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Associate Professor of Economics, La Trobe Business School, La Trobe University
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PhD Candidate, Australian Research Centre in Sex, Health and Society, La Trobe University
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Lecturer, Early Career Development Fellow, Department of Public Health, La Trobe University
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Professor of Public Health, La Trobe University
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Dennis Altman is a Friend of The Conversation.
Vice Chancellor's Fellow and Professorial Fellow, Institute for Human Security and Social Change, La Trobe University
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Adjunct Professor of Sport Management, La Trobe University
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Associate professor, La Trobe University
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Senior Lecturer and Deputy Director, Reducing Gender-Based Violence Research Group, La Trobe University
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Head of Wildlife Conservation and Reproductive Endocrinology Lab, La Trobe University
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Professor of International Law, La Trobe University
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Adjunct Professor, Department of Archaeology and History, La Trobe University
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Professor in Plant Biology, La Trobe University
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Emeritus Professor of Politics, La Trobe University
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Research Fellow, La Trobe University
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Senior Lecturer in History, La Trobe University