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Press Release: Howard government force podiatry course closures.

Discussion in 'Australia' started by admin, Feb 2, 2005.

  1. admin

    admin Administrator Staff Member


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    Subject: MEDIA RELEASE - JENNY MACKLIN - HOWARD GOVERNMENT FORCES PODIATRY COURSE CLOSURES AROUND THE COUNTRY - 2 February 2005

    Media Release
    Jenny Macklin MP
    Deputy Federal Labor Leader
    Shadow Minister for Education, Training, Science & Research
    Federal Member for Jagajaga

    HOWARD GOVERNMENT FORCES PODIATRY COURSE CLOSURES AROUND THE COUNTRY
     
    Last edited: Feb 2, 2005
  2. admin

    admin Administrator Staff Member

    Todays Australian sort of picked up on the above press release, BUT....

     
  3. Cameron

    Cameron Well-Known Member

    This is all rather too close to my heart for comfort. Two things I would say however to fuel the debate on the Arena is don't believe everything you read in print and by that I mean attacking Federal funding for closures and shortages assumes all is well in individual universities and that would be a big assumption. Conditions apply but the situations at UWS and Curtin University were quite different and I would suggest worth a closer inspection, before grouping these together as a phenomenon.

    Collectively there is a crisis now or certainly in the near future there will be a shortage of podiatrists in Australia. But whilst not being self-sufficient in producing their own, Australia can always accept overseas graduates which is after all cheaper for the government to do.

    My second point is by flagging up the issue of closure in this manner and putting the blame squarely on absence of Federal funding may bring in its wake not a return to that which was once before, but instead new innovations which severely challenge the very existence of the mono disciplines which are so grossly lessened in number.

    Me thinks Nero has been fiddling while Rome burns, and the absence of a non-proactive political podiatry governance in Australia has reaped what it sowed.


    Cameron
    Hey what do I know?
     
  4. admin

    admin Administrator Staff Member

    I did notice that no news outlet in Australia picked up on the original press release above. All we got was the story in the Australian newspaper above.
     
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