Senate debates Bills

Universities Accord (Cutting Student Debt by 20 Per Cent) Bill 2025; Third Reading


Jess Walsh

Jess Walsh Victoria, Australian Labor Party, Minister for Early Childhood Education

10:21 am

I move:

That the bill be now read a third time.

Sue Lines

Sue Lines President

The question is that the motion moved by the minister be agreed to.

Sarah Hanson-Young

Sarah Hanson-Young SA, Australian Greens

10:25 am

President, I'd just like to draw attention to the state of the opposition benches for the last 15 minutes. They seem to have been invisible, missing, on the important issue of student debt—

Sue Lines

Sue Lines President

Senator Hanson-Young, this is not a time for a statement. It's not appropriate for a quorum because there are senators in here. The practice in this place is that we don't comment on whether senators are in the chamber or not, and I expect all senators to respect that.