Labor to unveil $3.2m plan to get more country students into tertiary education

Tanya Plibersek to announce mentoring program and new commissioner to boost rural and regional participation

Students in rural and regional areas would receive mentoring to encourage them into tertiary education under a $3.2m plan to be announced by Labor.

The Labor deputy leader and education spokeswoman Tanya Plibersek will make the commitment at the Universities Australia conference in Canberra on Thursday, also promising a new commissioner to boost regional participation in tertiary education.

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