To all the people banging on about how well they've done without uni degrees & then disclosing they've got other non-school or trade quals, you are missing the point: TAFE fees are being deregulated in just the same way that uni fees are, they will be subject to the same hikes in HECS/HELP fee and interest increases. TAFE just got a lot more expensive, more hoops for people to jump through. Watch the education take-up rate fall even further in marginalized groups.