Christopher Pyne (Sturt, Liberal Party, Minister for Education) Share this | Hansard source

I am very happy to answer the member for Lalor's question, because it is very disappointing that, as a former school principal, she does not know how the education system in Australia works. The United States does not have a higher education loan program, so their system bears very little resemblance at all to the Australian education system. The member's constituent will be able to borrow every single dollar for her education from the Australian taxpayer and pay it back at the best loan rates she could ever receive from any bank or any institution in her life.

Mr Brendan O'Connor interjecting—

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