Senate debates

Monday, 19 June 2023

Bills

Education Legislation Amendment (Startup Year and Other Measures) Bill 2023; Second Reading

6:01 pm

Photo of Mehreen FaruqiMehreen Faruqi (NSW, Australian Greens) Share this | Hansard source

I move the Greens' amendment on sheet 1948:

At the end of the motion, add ", but the Senate notes that this bill does nothing to mitigate the student debt crisis at a time when student debts are increasing at an out-of-control pace, and calls on the Government to:

(a) recognise that education is a public good which should be free and universal;

(b) make university and TAFE fee-free; and

(c) wipe all student debt".

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