Financial incentive for beneficiaries to sign up for free tertiary education

Financial incentive for beneficiaries to sign up for free tertiary education – English

National's job is to hold the government to account for what its higher spending delivers, says Opposition leader Bill English.  

Simon Dallow & Fiona Rotherham
Fri, 24 Nov 2017

Opposition leader Bill English says one of the unintended consequences of the government’s planned free year of tertiary education from next year will be a rush of beneficiaries signing up for it.

Under the new system, people will get $50 a week more if they enrol as a student than they do if on

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