Joanne Ryan (Lalor, Australian Labor Party) Share this | Hansard source

I welcome the opportunity to stand on this side of the House, where we will oppose what was just called a budget saving policy because it is a budget saving policy, not an education reform policy. I have listened from my office to speaker after speaker trying to sell this lame duck to the Australian people. The Australian people have already rejected this so-called reform masquerading as a budget saving policy. I recall that, as a new teacher in the western suburbs of Melbourne some 30 years ago—I did the calculations this morning—a culture of university attendance for local students was low.

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