Federal Labor has promised to spend $174 million to give more Australians the chance to go to university.
The package would go towards mentoring, support and specialised programs aimed at boosting study opportunities in communities where graduation rates are low.
Labor's education spokeswoman Tanya Plibersek says a young person in Moreton Bay in Queensland is about five times less likely to get a degree than someone on Sydney's north shore.
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