1、Australian Universities AccordBudget SummaryThe Department of Education acknowledges the Traditional Owners of the lands and waters on which Australians live,workand study,and pays respects to their Elders,past and present.Australias First Nations peoples are the custodians of the worlds oldest cont

2、inuous cultures of learning and the passing down of knowledge.The Department of Education also acknowledges the determination of First Nations leaders over generations to ensure that higher education is accessible to First Nations people,reflects knowledges and law,and supports research led by First

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5、must be attributed as the Australian Universities Accord Budget Summary.Ministers ForewordThe Australian Universities Accord provides a once in a generation opportunity to reshape the tertiary and higher education system to be what Australia needs for the future.If we want a stronger economy;if we w

6、ant a fairer country;if we want more jobs and more businesses;if we want a future made in Australia;then we have to make those skills in Australia in our universities and our TAFEs.Under Bob Hawke and Paul Keating the percentage of young people finishing high school jumped from about 40 per cent to