Senate debates

Monday, 19 June 2023

Bills

Education Legislation Amendment (Startup Year and Other Measures) Bill 2023; In Committee

7:19 pm

Photo of Sarah HendersonSarah Henderson (Victoria, Liberal Party, Shadow Minister for Education) Share this | Hansard source

I'm not going to go over that one again, because that's laughable—sorry, I am laughing because it is absurd to suggest that there's currently demand for courses when these courses are available to students for free. You haven't made the case, even in your own survey, that students are going to line up to take on this debt. Unless there was something incredibly exceptional, I think students would be very unwise to take on this debt. Can you confirm whether Startup Year loans will be subject to indexation?

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