Hands off our Humanities - calls to scrap the Job Ready Graduate package 

02/08/2025 11 min
Hands off our Humanities - calls to scrap the Job Ready Graduate package 

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Some of Australia's leading writers, academics and thinkers have signed an open letter by the Australian Historical Society asking the Albanese government to repeal Scott Morrison's Job-Ready Graduates package, calling instead for a more equitable university fee system that does not penalise arts and social sciences graduates.Writers Helen Garner, Tim Winton, Charlotte Wood - and over 100 other influential voices spanning business, arts and politics have all signed the letter. Guest: Steve Vizard, comedian and author of Nation, Memory, Myth, Gallipoli and the Australian Imaginary (2025)