The Education department has confirmed that the timeframe for the controversial cuts will be extended to soften the impact on parents.
But one of the department’s critics says that the proposals are an easy way out of achieving its cuts targets, and has promised to take the matter back to the States.
Senator Jim Perchard says that the rise in fees will hurt the same people hit by the ‘20% means 20%’ tax changes and GST, and who now faced paying 50% more in school fees over a five-year period.
