Data has shifted former minister Alannah MacTiernan’s perspective on merging Western Australia’s three universities.

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MacTiernan told 6PR Drive host Jamie Burnett that WA must concentrate its resources to scale up and compete nationally.

“Why on earth shouldn’t we have one of the best universities in the country? We shouldn’t be continuing to think, ‘Oh no, no, well, we’ve got to know our place.’ We’ve got to create our place”, MacTiernan said.

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