Budget aftershocks leave arts students high and dry

‘If you could just be a successful artist on the basis of graduating from tertiary study, everyone in the world would do it.’
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Tuesday’s budget contained few surprises for the arts sector, but university students could be forced to pay more for their degrees, and to pay them off sooner.

Treasurer Scott Morrison announced that tertiary students will have to pay an extra $2,000 to $3,600 for a four-year course. That’s a fee increase of 1.8% next year, and 7.5% by 2022.

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Emma Clark Gratton
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Emma Clark Gratton is an ArtsHub staff writer.