Educational costs are however drastically increasing in Australia. See: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tertiary_education_fees_in_Australia#Commonwealth_supporte

Educational costs are however drastically increasing in Australia. See: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tertiary_education_fees_in_Australia#Commonwealth_supported_students http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tertiary_education_fees_in_Aust... e.g. For CS (3 year course), pre-1997 you'd pay ~$9000. Today you'd pay ~21000. Adjusted for inflation, you'd still be paying roughly half in 1996, what you are paying today.