%T Where is the love: are our public institutions failing our young people? %A Adam Smith %I Wheeler Centre %D 2013 %U https://apo.org.au/node/33053 %X Once upon a time, older generations could berate young people for not realising their relative good fortune. But these days, it seems that opportunities for young people are dwindling … along with government funds for education and employment. There’s been a huge shift in the last decade or so in the way ‘middle Australia’ views public schools – and a corresponding drop in public school enrolment in this band. We’ve also witnessed substantial university fee hikes, a radically stripped-back TAFE sector, and the eradication of technical schools. %9 Video