In the financial year 2021, Australian government operating expenses on tertiary education amounted to approximately 40 billion Australian dollars. From 2009 to 2020 spending on university education tended to increase by just around two billion Australian dollars most years.
Operating expenses on university education in Australia from financial year 2009 to 2021 (in billion Australian dollars)
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (April 26, 2022). Operating expenses on university education in Australia from financial year 2009 to 2021 (in billion Australian dollars) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved April 25, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/729336/australia-operating-expenses-on-university-education/
Australian Bureau of Statistics. "Operating expenses on university education in Australia from financial year 2009 to 2021 (in billion Australian dollars)." Chart. April 26, 2022. Statista. Accessed April 25, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/729336/australia-operating-expenses-on-university-education/
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2022). Operating expenses on university education in Australia from financial year 2009 to 2021 (in billion Australian dollars). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: April 25, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/729336/australia-operating-expenses-on-university-education/
Australian Bureau of Statistics. "Operating Expenses on University Education in Australia from Financial Year 2009 to 2021 (in Billion Australian Dollars)." Statista, Statista Inc., 26 Apr 2022, https://www.statista.com/statistics/729336/australia-operating-expenses-on-university-education/
Australian Bureau of Statistics, Operating expenses on university education in Australia from financial year 2009 to 2021 (in billion Australian dollars) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/729336/australia-operating-expenses-on-university-education/ (last visited April 25, 2024)
Operating expenses on university education in Australia from financial year 2009 to 2021 (in billion Australian dollars) [Graph], Australian Bureau of Statistics, April 26, 2022. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/729336/australia-operating-expenses-on-university-education/