FOUR of Calare’s six federal candidates have made a commitment to maintaining equitable access to university education.
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The National Tertiary Education Union (NTEU) invited federal candidates in the upcoming election to sign a pledge on Friday at Charles Sturt University in Bathurst.
Nick Xenophon Team (NXT) candidate Rod Bloomfield and Labor’s Dr Jess Jennings made it to the signing, while Central West Greens candidate Delanie Sky and independent Anthony Craig promised to put their signature to the pledge at a later date.
The pledge asked each candidate to, if elected on July 2, support policies to keep the cost and debt of going to university within reach for students and maintain investment into the future of tertiary education.
Melanie Wood, NTEU branch organiser at CSU’s Bathurst campus, said it was important for locals to see candidates sign a commitment to tertiary education at a time when the deregulation of fees and further cuts to education could soon become a reality.
