University students across the country are calling on the taxpayer to cover more of the cost of their degrees.

Michael McLaren argues if we are to increase the Commonwealth student payments, then we have to reduce the number of students at university.

“We now have too many young people going to university in the first place … and many graduate with fairly generic qualifications but without a guarantee of a well-paying job awaiting them on the other side,” he said.

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