Newspaper Release

September 27, 1900, the streets of Sydney.

On this day, David Collis was walking home from work as usual. As an ordinary person with no special abilities, David Collis was fortunate enough to pass the Sydney police's screening and was even hired.

Although it was only the training phase, he still received a salary of over two pounds per month to support his family.

David Collis was very satisfied with getting this job, so he was full of drive every day and passionate about his training.

Passing a newsstand, David Collis instinctively glanced at the stall. It was just a casual glance, but he didn't expect that the entire stall was filled with the same newspaper, and a sign was thoughtfully placed next to it, stating that His Highness had introduced a new policy.

Wait, His Highness?

David Collis, full of questions, backed up again, grabbed a newspaper, and in the gaze of the newsstand owner, took out a penny and handed it to him.

Holding the newspaper, David Collis had long lost his previous nonchalant expression. Although he was still walking on the street, his eyes were fixed on the newspaper, as if trying to glean everything from it.

Finally, after enduring a journey of more than ten minutes, David Collis finally returned home.

This was a house located in the suburbs of Sydney. Although the house looked a bit dilapidated, it still exuded a sense of warmth after being decorated with simple flowers and plants by David Collis's family.

"David!" Hearing the sound, David Collis's wife was the first to come out, smiling as she handed him a glass of water, and then said, "How was training today? Your superiors didn't make things difficult for you, did they?"

"Hahaha, why would they? Training today went smoothly, and the boss gave me this month's salary. Look, it's a full two pounds, five shillings, and three pence!" David Collis smiled and handed his salary to his wife as he spoke.

"Oh! Thank God! Having such a good job and receiving this food is enough for us to have a comfortable New Year," David Collis's wife said gratefully, taking David's salary with surprise on her face.

"You should thank His Highness, Emily. If it weren't for His Highness, you wouldn't have received so much free food, and I wouldn't have found such a high-paying job," David Collis interrupted his wife's incorrect statement in time, correcting her.

"Oh, yes, please forgive me," Emily corrected herself in time, saying to her husband with an apologetic look.

"Alright, Emily. Go prepare dinner. I want to take a good look at this newspaper. I heard His Highness has a new policy," David Collis picked up the newspaper he had been longing for and instructed his wife.

With the newspapers from various states being integrated into one by Arthur, Australia's previously chaotic and ununified newspaper industry was basically controlled by Arthur.

Currently, there are two major newspapers in Australia: the Australia Daily, which focuses on lifestyle and entertainment, and the Victoria News, which focuses on political news.

Although the two newspapers are responsible for their respective fields daily, they print important news together when there are significant policies and announcements from the government and the Royal Family.

The newspaper David Collis obtained today is the Victoria News. However, because it was a special day, the content printed in any newspaper was the same.

Picking up the newspaper, there was a very conspicuous headline on the front, boldly stating His Highness Arthur's education policy.

Mentioning education, David Collis's already attentive heart became even more focused. He quickly concentrated and began reading the news word for word.

The content of the news was actually very simple, mainly about Arthur's several reforms in education and corresponding welfare policies.

Not only was the university enrollment previously agreed upon, but to improve Australia's basic education environment, Arthur would also invest at least two million pounds annually for ten years, encouraging all Australian families to send school-aged children to school for learning.

For this purpose, the Royal Family would pay at least 40% of the tuition fees for each child, and for children with excellent performance, all tuition and miscellaneous fees would be waived.

To assist less fortunate families, Arthur promised to provide interest-free loans to students from poor families to meet their educational needs.

And scholarships would be established in all schools nationwide, with a quota of approximately 10% of the total student population.

Under these various policies, significant benefits were provided for students pursuing basic and higher education, and the problem of wanting to go to school but not having the money to do so was basically eliminated.

It could be imagined that the new round of Australian school admissions would be full, especially for basic education, which does not cost much, and there would be a large number of students.

Although most Australians are from impoverished backgrounds, they are immigrants from Europe and know the importance of education, especially basic education.

Once these people have a choice, they will also choose to give their descendants a good education, at least so they don't fall behind others at the starting line.

"Oh! Emily! Emily! Come quickly!" Seeing this, David Collis became a little agitated and quickly called out to his wife.

"What's wrong? What happened?" Emily quickly hurried over and asked her astonished husband with surprise.

"Damn it, look at this, Emily. His Highness is going to invest funds to improve education. Now our children can go to school!" David Collis said excitedly.

"Where, where?" Emily also leaned over, searching around.

"The Royal Family promises to pay 70% of the tuition fees, and the remaining 30% can also be paid on their behalf and repaid after graduation?" Emily read word by word, her eyes filled with disbelief.

"Scholarships are established at the Australian National University, with at least 200 students of excellent character and conduct selected annually, awarding scholarships of at least ten pounds?" Reading this, Emily became agitated and asked in disbelief, "My God, David, the scholarships for these students are almost half of your annual income. Doesn't this mean that going to university not only costs no money but also earns money?"

"Yes, my dear. Not only is Rick's university taken care of, but we might not even have to spend any money!" David Collis nodded heavily and said to his wife.

Rick Collis was the only son of David Collis and his wife Emily, and their pride.

At the young age of 19, Rick Collis was already a high school graduate envied by many, but because his family could not afford the expensive university fees, he had to reluctantly give up.

But now, it seemed that Rick still had hope of going to university, even without spending money.

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