Bruce Chapman

Nov 19, 2024 | afr.com | Rabee Tourky |Rohan Pitchford |Bruce Chapman

On Monday the Coalition announced it would oppose the government’s proposed caps on the number of international students allowed to enrol in Australian universities after 2024. There is no doubt that the universities believed the caps would eventuate and had started to plan for this apparent inevitability for the 2025 academic year. Loading...

Nov 15, 2024 | thesaturdaypaper.com.au | Bruce Chapman

Paul Girrawah House Waluwin mayiny – healthy people. Waluwin ngurambang – healthy country. Yuwindhu Paul Girrawah House, baladhu Ngambri-Kamberri Wiradyuri Gibirr. My name is Paul Girrawah House, I am a Ngambri-Kamberri, Wiradyuri man. I am a survivor and descendant of my old people. I want to become a farmer again. I want to return home to Country. I want to create genuine intergenerational wealth for our children.

Nov 12, 2024 | theconversation.com | Bruce Chapman

The Australian Greens have long argued tertiary students shouldn’t pay tuition charges. This means they want to see HECS – now called HELP – abolished. But following the Albanese government’s recent plans to wipe 20% off student loans, on Monday, the Greens announced they want to the cancel all student debt. This would cost the federal budget around A$75 billion. Mehreen Faruqi, the Greens’ higher education spokesperson, argued, “student debt can’t be fixed because student debt shouldn’t exist”.

May 9, 2023 | theconversation.com | Bruce Chapman |David Lindenmayer

Almost three billion hectares of farmland is in poor condition worldwide – an area the size of Russia. Biodiversity is in freefall. Extinctions are rising. Wild animal populations have fallen almost 70% since 1970. Restoring damaged land and bringing back ecosystems is phenomenally expensive, estimated at A$21 trillion globally. The sheer scale of the problem is beyond the capacity of traditional approaches to funding repair.

Feb 7, 2023 | newcastleherald.com.au | Bruce Chapman |Madeline Dunk

The example is someone with a HELP debt earning $50,000 per annum and repaying $9.62 a week with the present inflation rate of eight per cent per annum. But, and this is the key point, if something very odd happened and the current price inflation rate was not 8 but was instead 18, or 28, or even 38 per cent per annum, this debtor's repayments will still be $9.62 a week.