It is telling that many of the critics of the campaign to reverse the fee hikes imposed by the Morrison government on arts, humanities, accounting and law degrees as part of its 2021 Job Ready Graduates legislation go straight to simplistic tropes about entitled "zoomers" demanding a free ride through the university sector.
These ad hominem attacks, often made by Baby Boomers who were the beneficiaries of the short-lived foray into free university initiated by the Whitlam government, are as counter-factual as they are insulting.
