A Student Tax Rebate

But what are the Government's proposals for removing these anomalies? NZUSA has been arguing for a special student tax rebate, the Government prefers a further increase to the bursary. The Government's objection to a special rebate for students is easy to see. If they make a special exemption (which would no doubt be well publicised no matter how they tried to play it down) other people might expect the same treatment. Attempts might start to broaden the criterion for this rebate. The Government could quickly end up looking rather stupid.

For all this, NZUSA's objections have even more substance. Taking Victoria as a typical campus, let's look at the proportions of people who receive the STB.

Total number enrolled	7013
Number full-time	4450
Number getting STB (1977 figures)	3101