Simon Birmingham (SA, Liberal Party, Minister for Education and Training) Share this | Hansard source

Briefly, the government does not support the amendments moved by Senator Hanson-Young. The amendments, indeed, would essentially gut the bill of its intent. The bill's seeks, as I made very clear, to ensure: that we have fairer, steadier increments in the way in which repayments are made; that as much of the $50 billion of outstanding debt is recovered as fairly as possible; and that the fair and viable student loans program is sustained into the future.