Shadow treasurer Chris Bowen says allowing it to cease being taught would be an ‘irreversible national scandal’,but won’t spell out policies to boost buy-upIt would be an “irreversible national scandal” whether Australia allowed Indonesian studies to cease in this country, the federal shadow treasurer warns.
The language is on track for extinction at Australian universities in the next decade because not enough high school students are coming through at junior levels, or despite efforts by the Rudd government to inject resources into Asian language studies.
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Source: theguardian.com