Education Minister Simon Birmingham will announce a tough higher education package on Monday that is expected to use a mix of university fee increases, funding cuts and changes to HELP student loans to save over $1 billion a year.
Senator Birmingham will take the unusual step of announcing a major budget initiative a week before the budget to give himself clear air for the difficult selling job of winning public support for higher education funding cut.
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