Joe Hockey (North Sydney, Liberal Party, Treasurer) Share this | Hansard source

The second thing I would point out is that whatever fees he is accruing now he is also going to have to repay under a system that the Labor Party introduced. How about that? The Labor Party is now critical of the higher education system loan scheme that they actually introduced, so I say to the honourable member that if he is critical of that scheme, then he should criticise himself.

The third thing I would say to the honourable member is that when money comes from the government it inevitably comes from another taxpayer. And, ultimately, if it comes from another taxpayer, that other taxpayer needs to have a job, as does maybe that man need to have a job as well. The bottom line is—

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