Senate debates Bills
Higher Education Support Amendment (Extending the Student Loan Fee Exemption) Bill 2021; Second Reading
Carol Brown Tasmania, Australian Labor Party, Shadow Assistant Minister for Infrastructure and Regional Tourism
12:54 pm
Labor will support the Higher Education Support Amendment (Extending the Student Loan Fee Exemption) Bill 2021. This legislation makes sensible amendments to extend the extension of the FEE-HELP loan fee. Under the current arrangements, students who require financial assistance through FEE-HELP to study at a private, non-university, higher-education provider must pay a 20 per cent loan fee on top of the loan, and of course Labor supports this bill because the benefits of this exemption flow to the students.
Jonathon Duniam Tasmania, Liberal Party, Assistant Minister for Forestry and Fisheries
12:55 pm
I commend the bill to the Senate.
Question agreed to.
Bill read a second time.