Simon Birmingham (SA, Liberal Party, Minister for Education and Training) Share this | Hansard source

And that, of course, is affecting those students in taking on a lifetime debt under this Labor Party program and it is affecting taxpayers where that debt is not repaid. So it is urgent that these reforms are passed. Senator Carr and those opposite have publicly acknowledged the failings of the system they put in place. I thank him for acknowledging that they got it wrong. Just like they got it wrong with pink batts, they got it wrong with VET FEE-HELP. I am pleased they acknowledge their mistakes and I hope that they will work with the government to fix these mistakes, to make sure the rorting cannot go on, to make sure that we actually protect vulnerable students and vulnerable Australians and protect the taxpayer from further unnecessary loss of money under this Labor scheme.