Lee Rhiannon (NSW, Australian Greens) Share this | Hansard source

Mr President, I ask a supplementary question. Senator, doesn't your government's plan to charge interest at the higher rate of up to six per cent on all existing HECS debts constitute a broken contract with the 1.8 million Australians who are still repaying their student debt, many of whom have graduated and are in the workforce? This does not create the tertiary-educated nation you speak of.