Mount Austin High School 1974 Reunion in Wagga Wagga, New South Wales, Australia | Community organisation

Mount Austin High School 1974 Reunion

Locality: Wagga Wagga, New South Wales, Australia

Phone: +61 418 428 398

Address: Leavenworth Drive 2650 Wagga Wagga, NSW, Australia

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24.01.2022 MAHS Rugby league Team - University Shield match at Queanbeyan 1974 - Curtain Raiser to Australia vs England test. L to R: Peter Brien, Steve Mortimer, Garry Hearne? Eddie Fitzgerald, Steve Woolbank?, Peter Treloar, X, Ian Sam, Steve Batkin, Peter Mowbray, X, Peter Mortimer, Bill Pither, Coach Papworth, Johnathon?. Please advise any corrections. cheers Geoff

23.01.2022 1 January 1974 - Great timing. The Labor Whitlam government abolished university fees on 1 January 1974. Whitlam said: "We believe that a student's merit, rather than a parent's wealth, should decide who should benefit from the community's vast financial commitment to tertiary education."... While free higher education remained popular, by the late 1980s senior members of the Labor Hawke government were determined to unwind it. More students were finishing year 12, leading to a growing queue of prospective students. Funding the entire cost of their education would place a significant burden on the budget. In 1989, Labor established HECS, meaning students would again pay tuition fees but only when earning a decent wage. However, many people still get it 'free', by virtue of the student loans, and some may never earn enough to repay the loans. Do you need website traffic? The late, great Gough Whitlam, Labor prime minister in Australia from 197275 implemented free university education, free health care and an end to compulsory military service. He had an enormous impact on Australia and is remembered with admiration. In 1989 Bob Hawke’s Labor government reintroduced university fees, believing that a (partial) user-pays system was now appropriate. Since then, fees have increased greatly and the system for repayment grown increasingly complex.

22.01.2022 Three Amigos catchup. Geoff Payne, Peter Treloar & Greg West.

22.01.2022 Wagga back in the day. half hour doco, great footage and commentary. From FB Lost Wagga. Circa 1960's

20.01.2022 Likely Lads, Eddie Fitzgerald, Brett Woods, Peter Treloar, and Roger Payne at back.

15.01.2022 Melting Pot April 1974, Vol. 6 #2 Pages 6-7. A few highlights

13.01.2022 Hi Geoff Payne, Peter Trelaor, Greg West, and Roger Payne, are catching up over lunch tomorrow 1pm Thursday 5th December, at the Wagga RSL, you are welcome to join us there.

09.01.2022 MAHS - Lunchtime volleyball 1974 - Senior Girls Sue Wilson, Beth Laughton, Vicky Breust, Delma McCausland, Anne Brideoake...who else?

08.01.2022 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nYkA01ec-VY

08.01.2022 Wagga's Past, Present and Future.

08.01.2022 Keith McGown and Bruce Grimmond, South Wagga Lions Club

05.01.2022 A lot of MAHS memories @ The Kooringal (MHAS) Hotel.