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Stephen Downes

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Australia is in the middle of an election, and I am in the middle of Australia, so I will tread a little carefully here. But that said, it has yet to be shown to me how private providers solve (rather than exaggerate) problems like equity of access, the advancement of social objectives, advertising-free educational content, and fair distribution of resources. From where I sit, private providers lobby hard for public funding, direct training at those who can afford it, and bemoan every cent spent on the public system (regardless of access issues) as unfair 'competition'. Yeah. That was treading softly.

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