Marise Payne (NSW, Liberal Party, Minister for Human Services) Share this | Hansard source

What that means by 2018 is that the reforms will see the Australian government supporting over 80,000 more students as they pursue the best course for them. The government will also offer HECS style trade support loans for apprentices from 1 July 2014 that will encourage more people to take up a trade and complete their qualification. Like HELP loans for university students, they will only be repayable once apprentices are earning a decent income. We are going to introduce a massive new Commonwealth scholarship scheme which will boost equity of access for disadvantaged university students from low socioeconomic backgrounds— (Time expired)