Footnotes

[1] Hon Brendan Nelson MP, Hansard (House of Representatives), 16 March 2005, pp.3-5

[2] Professor Ian Chubb, Committee Hansard, Canberra, 7 July 2005, p.5

[3] Professor Ian Young, Committee Hansard, Melbourne, 4 July 2005, p.15

[4] Professor Peter Coaldrake, Committee Hansard, Canberra, 7 July 2005, p.23

[5] Mr Al Borowski, Submission 191

[6] Mr Stephen Horton, Committee Hansard, Canberra, 7 July 2005, p.39

[7] Professor Glyn Davis, reported in the Australian, 20 July 2005, p.38

[8] Mr Michael Josem, Submission 45, p.1

[9] ALSA, Submission 53, para.2.2.3

[10] Mr Andrew Lodder, Committee Hansard, Perth, Wednesday, 6 July 2005, p25

[11] Mr Michael Josem, Monash University Student Union (Caulfield), Submission 45, pp.25-26

[12] Mr Dayne Rosolen, Committee Hansard, Armidale, 5 July 2005, p.23

[13] Professor Ian Chubb, Committee Hansard, Canberra, 7 July 2005, p.3

[14] National Union of Students, Submission 162, B1.9

[15] Professor Margaret Sears, Committee Hansard, Perth, 6 July 2005, p.11

[16] See, for instance, Central Queensland University Student Association, Submission 8, p.5

[17] Professor Jan den Hollander, Committee Hansard, 6 July 2005, p.3

[18] Interim Student Representative Council, University of Melbourne, Submission 158, p.4

[19] La Trobe University Children's Centre, Submission 4, p.1

[20] Campus Life, Submission 14, p.2

[21] Submission 158, p.5. For further information on services directed to enhancing the student experience of university see also, for instance, University of Southern Queensland Student Guild, Submission 57, p.18; Swinburne University Union, Submission 74, p.7

[22] University of New England Sports Association, Submission 69, p.3

[23] See, for instance, University of New South Wales Sports Association, Submission 72, p.5; Newcastle University Sport, Submission 82, pp.6-12; Adelaide University Sports Association, Submission 143, p.3

[24] Mr Gregory Harris, Committee Hansard, Armidale, 5 July 2005, p.39

[25] Australian University Sport, Submission 173, p. 3

[26] Senator Barnaby Joyce speaking on ABC 774, 29 June 2005

[27] Council of Australian Postgraduate Associations (CAPA), Submission 157, p.11

[28] See, for example, Professor Ingrid Moses, Committee Hansard, 5 July 2005, p.3; Dr Kerry Ferguson, Committee Hansard, 4 July 2005, p.11; Ms Lin Martin, Committee Hansard, 4 July 2005, p.3. Other witnesses made this observation, too. See, for instance, Mr Michael Torney, Committee Hansard, 4 July 2005, p.28

[29] UNE, Submission 19, p.4. See also Central Queensland University Student Association, Submission 8, paragraph 2.2.9.

[30] National Liaison Committee for International Students in Australia, Submission 168, p.8

[31] ibid., p.8. See also CAPA, Submission 157, ACUMA, Submission 117, p.8

[32] Mr Kevin Stapleton, Committee Hansard, Armidale, 5 July 2005, p.34

[33] ACUMA, Submission 117, p.6

[34] Dr Kerry Ferguson, Committee Hansard, Melbourne, 4 July 2005, p.2

[35] The Armidale Community International Sports Precinct Fundraising Committee, Submission 66, p.2. See also Mr Greg Harris, Committee Hansard, Armidale, 5 July 2005, p.39

[36] AVCC, Submission 176, p.7

[37] See, for example, Professor Jan den Hollander, Committee Hansard, Perth, 6 July 2005, p.3

[38] For further elaboration of this argument see, for example, AVCC, Submission 176, p.7; Australian Law Students' Association, Submission 53, p.6; Swinburne University Union, Submission 74, p.9; Murdoch University Guild, Submission 87, p.4

[39] Hon. Brendan Nelson MP, The 7.30 Report, ABC television, 16 March 2005.

[40] Senate Employment, Workplace Relations, Small Business and Education Legislation Committee, Consideration of the Provisions of the Higher Education Legislation Amendment Bill 1999, p. 32

[41] Curtin University Student Guild, Submission 73, p.15

[42] Australian Law Students' Association, Submission 53, p.11

[43] See, for example, Professor Ingrid Moses, Committee Hansard, 5 July 2005, p.3; Ms Lin Martin, Committee Hansard, 4 July p.3; Professor Ian Young, Committee Hansard, 4 July 2005, p.4

[44] UNE, Submission 19, p.3

[45] See, for example, Mr Thomas O'Sullivan, Committee Hansard, 6 July 2005, p.44. For an example of reduced income for maintenance, see La Trobe University Union, Submission 91, p.2.

[46] Adelaide University Union, Submission 101, p.13

[47] Professor Jan den Hollander, Committee Hansard, Perth, 6 July 2005, p.3

[48] ibid., p.4

[49] Mr Michael Torney, Committee Hansard, Melbourne, 4 July 2005, p.33

[50] Mr Bruce Boyton, Submission 18, p.3

[51] See, for instance, National Union of Students, Submission 159, para. C2.9

[52] Mr Rod Manns, Committee Hansard, Canberra, 7 July 2005, p.46

[53] ibid.

[54] AVCC, Submission 176, p.12

[55] Professor Ian Young, Ms Lin Martin, Committee Hansard, Melbourne, 4 July 2005, p.2

[56] Submission 176, p.12