When, on November 29th 1990, the then Australian Treasurer Paul Keating faced a financial crisis that would severely damage major sections of the Australian economy he said “[t]his was the recession we had to have”.  Later, when queried about the […]

Recent Federal Government decisions to reduce university funding while pushing greater numbers of students through the tertiary sector are the latest challenges to the business models of our universities.  In recent years they have been asked to grow in size, […]