The wanton hypocrisy of the Senate at the moment is unprecedented. If Abbott wants it we will oppose it is the mantra of Labor and Greens. The cross-benchers are just as bad with Jacqui Lambie the worst of them. She vowed to get out of her hospital bed to vote against University reforms, and now Tasmania, the state she claims to be fighting for, is leading the way in cutting back their university places.

Politics in Australia is just disgusting.

UTAS campuses in Launceston and Burnie under threat if funding falls short

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PHOTO: Professor Peter Rathjen said university managers would need to make some tough decisions.(University or Tasmania)

The University of Tasmania has signalled it will consider closing its Burnie and Launceston campuses if it does not receive financial support for a restructure.

It followed the Senate’s rejection of higher education legislation allowing universities to set their own fees.

UTAS’s $450 million proposal to split the university in two, with big developments in Burnie and Launceston, hinges on the passage of the legislation.

Vice-chancellor Peter Rathjen told ABC Local Radio that managers would now have to make some tough decisions unless there was more funding.

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