Qld: Lack of uni places a waste of talent, says Macklin

AAP General News (Australia)
01-13-2004
Qld: Lack of uni places a waste of talent, says Macklin

(Clarifies information in first par that not only high school leavers missed places)



By John Sheed

BRISBANE, Jan 13 AAP - About 10,000 Queenslanders had missed out on a place at university
because the Howard government had limited the places available, deputy Federal opposition
leader Jenny Macklin said today.

Ms Macklin was in Brisbane to watch six high school students log on to the Queensland
Tertiary Admissions Centre (QTAC) website to find out if their applications for university
had been successful.

All six …