House debates

Wednesday, 1 October 2014

Questions without Notice

Budget

2:43 pm

Photo of Tony AbbottTony Abbott (Warringah, Liberal Party, Prime Minister) Share this | Hansard source

The first point I make is that no-one will pay a dollar up-front. No-one need pay a dollar up-front. Everyone's fees will be covered by the FEE-HELP scheme that the former government put in place and which one way or another has been in place for a long time. Third, the taxpayer will still support every student's university education to the tune of about 50 per cent.

Given that university graduates are about 40 per cent of our population, and given that university graduates earn on average 75 per cent more over their lifetime than those who do not go to university, it seems fair and reasonable that university graduates should bear a slightly larger proportion of the costs of their benefit.

Ms Chesters interjecting

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