Marise Payne (NSW, Liberal Party, Minister for Human Services) Share this | Hansard source

Let me start again with Dr Leigh's words—he is, of course, the shadow Assistant Treasurer:

… we propose that Australian universities be free to set … fees according to the market value of their degrees. A deregulated or market-based HECS will make the student contribution system fairer, because the fees students pay will more closely approximate the value they receive through future earnings.

Let me also say that it is very important to note that current students will effectively be grandfathered. These new arrangements— (Time expired)