Carol Brown (Tasmania, Australian Labor Party, Shadow Assistant Minister for Infrastructure and Regional Tourism) Share this | Hansard source

Labor will support the Higher Education Support Amendment (Extending the Student Loan Fee Exemption) Bill 2021. This legislation makes sensible amendments to extend the extension of the FEE-HELP loan fee. Under the current arrangements, students who require financial assistance through FEE-HELP to study at a private, non-university, higher-education provider must pay a 20 per cent loan fee on top of the loan, and of course Labor supports this bill because the benefits of this exemption flow to the students.