Murray Watt (Queensland, Australian Labor Party, Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry) Share this | Hansard source

Thanks again, Senator Sterle. The government's fee-free TAFE and VET plan is helping to reduce cost-of-living pressures, with students saving thousands of dollars on course fees while upgrading their skills. To give you a few examples, students undertaking a Diploma of Early Childhood Education and Care in Victoria are up to $8,700 better off. Students undertaking a Diploma of Nursing in Western Australia—your home state, Senator Sterle—are up to $10,451 better off. Students studying a Diploma of Building and Construction in South Australia are up to $10,600 better off. Students undertaking a Diploma of Information Technology (Cyber Security) in New South Wales are up to $4,060 better off with fee-free TAFE. Students undertaking a Diploma of Agriculture in my home state of Queensland are up to $4,500 better off. It is the same throughout the rest of Australia. In Tasmania, students studying landscape construction are over $2,000 better off. Students studying cybersecurity in the ACT are over $3,000 better off. In the Northern Territory, students are over $3,000 better off— (Time expired)