I think slashing the funding is a great idea, no more lazy bludgers just signing up.
As said before aswell the less passionate ones will fade away.
More jobs available as a less saturated market too.
As too the Ozzie/Kiwi debate Mr Gobbler I think that the amount of posts you have done says alot about your opinion of yourself, when getting that mirror out of your pocket watch you dont cut yourself BRO........