Eric Abetz (Tasmania, Liberal Party, Minister for Employment) Share this | Hansard source

What the Australian people also know is that the average university graduate has the benefit of earning an extra $1 million over their lifetime that those without university degrees will not be able to achieve. What the Labor Party are saying, allegedly the representatives of the workers, is that the truck drivers out there without a university degree and the farm workers out there without a university degree should continue to pay taxes to subsidise young people to go to university so that they can earn $1 billion more in their lifetime than those who do not go to university. What we are doing is restoring balance and longevity, and ensuring that our universities will be world competitive. Day after day as universities and— (Time expired)