which has now been released<\/a>\u00a0– and agreed to press for it to be altered.<\/p>\nThe party wants social work, behavioural science and mental health disciplines taken out of the humanities funding category and realigned with allied health studies.<\/p>\n
The Nationals Minister for Decentralisation and Regional Education, Andrew Gee, who has driven the push, said given what country Australia had been through with bushfires, floods, drought and the pandemic \u201cit is critical that regional communities have easy access to mental health services and support\u201d, and the proposed classification would work against this.<\/p>\n
The Nationals revolt, an embarrassment for Education Minister Dan Tehan, is another example of the minor Coalition partner asserting itself, and follows its recent win when it prevented a government appeal against a court judgement relating to the Gillard government\u2019s suspension of live cattle exports.<\/p>\n
Labor\u2019s education spokeswoman Tanya Plibersek told the ABC: \u201cI\u2019m gobsmacked by the fact that two ministers who share a department can\u2019t get the legislation right before they release an exposure draft. I mean, these are two parties that are in coalition.\u201d<\/p>\n
The government package reduces student fees for courses in areas the government identifies as potentially job-rich and increases them for the humanities and certain other courses. It has received wide criticism.<\/p>\n
Gee outlined the Nationals demands in a statement, thus upping the ante for the government.<\/p>\n
He said they followed roundtables he had initiated with country universities and other stakeholders.<\/p>\n
The party wants the grandfathering for students enrolled before January 1 next year to be indefinite, rather than only until January 1 2024.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe Nationals have agreed that this change will ensure that part-time and online students, many of whom take over three years to complete their studies due to balancing work and family commitments, will not be disadvantaged. Many of these students reside in country areas,\u201d Gee said.<\/p>\n
Arguing for the removal of key courses from the humanities list, Gee said the currently proposed listing would put a number of social work, behavioural science and mental health disciplines in the most expensive cluster for students.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe believe this would only serve to further to increase the maldistribution of mental health workers in country Australia. It also has the potential to impact women and mature students looking to upskill and move into higher paid jobs,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
Regional university roundtables \u201crevealed this to be a glaring and potentially detrimental design flaw\u201d.<\/p>\n
\u201c2019 Graduate Outcomes data shows that demand for mental health support, such as social work is 10% higher in regional and remote communities \u2013 we need more country graduates to meet this demand. Country people deserve the same access to mental health support as those in the cities.<\/p>\n
“It\u2019s a fundamental issue of equality. That is why The Nationals believe that social work, behavioural science and mental health disciplines should be removed from the humanities funding cluster and be realigned with allied health studies,\u201d Gee said.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe Nationals will be seeking a change to the current JobReady Graduates Package funding clusters. We intend to fix this design deficiency.\u201d<\/p>\n
The party also wants changes to the Tertiary Access Payment (TAP). This is a planned $5000 payment for regional students who relocate to study.<\/p>\n
Gee said there was concern its current design \u201cwill encourage country kids to leave their communities and move to the cities to study. This could result in a loss of enrolments for country universities which are already operating in thin and lean markets.\u201d<\/p>\n
Gee said he looked forward to working with Coalition colleagues \u201cto ensure that all of the measures agreed to by The Nationals are incorporated into the legislation\u201d.<\/p>\n
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