Senate debates Bills

Higher Education Support Legislation Amendment (Student Loan Sustainability) Bill 2018; In Committee


Simon Birmingham

Simon Birmingham SA, Liberal Party, Minister for Education and Training

1:40 pm

I indicate that the government is pleased to support Senator Bernardi's amendment. The government has, in various previous higher education reform proposals, sought to reduce the extent to which the loan fee applies. Contrary to what Senator Hanson-Young implied just then, the amendment moved by Senator Bernardi will in fact reduce the amount of student debt that students at these institutions take on. This is confined specifically to, essentially, the table B universities and will treat their students on par with those public table A universities.

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