Jess Walsh (Victoria, Australian Labor Party, Minister for Early Childhood Education) Share this | Hansard source

Thank you very much, Senator Dowling, for the question. You said that too many young Australians are treading water right now with the debt that they have, and that's why we made this commitment to cut student debt by 20 per cent. It's why the Prime Minister said it would be the first order of business for the parliament, and that's exactly why we're here. It's great to hear that, for those people in your great home state of Tasmania, the average debt relief will be around $4½ thousand. I'm sure your constituents in Tasmania are really pleased that the government is doing exactly what we said we were going to do.