Tony Sheldon (NSW, Australian Labor Party) Share this | Hansard source

My question is to the Minister representing the Treasurer, Senator Gallagher. Since we last met, the Albanese Labor government has continued to focus on cost-of-living relief for all Australians. In addition to the announcement in August that we would wipe $3 billion off student debt, the government has now gone further, wiping a further 20 per cent off all student loans for three million Australians and cutting debt repayment rates. Minister, why has the government taken this approach? How will it assist people who have student debts with the cost of living?