The Dawkins Revolution was a series of Australian tertiary education reforms instituted by the then Labor Education Minister (1987–92) John Dawkins.
The reforms were proposed in Higher education: a policy discussion paper ('the green paper') which was published in December 1987 and announced in Higher education: a policy statement ('the white paper') published in July 1988.
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