Mehreen Faruqi (NSW, Australian Greens) Share this | Hansard source

The question was about when and not what. Minister, people need certainty on student debt relief right now. The vast majority of people burdened with student debt are young people and women, who also bear the brunt of the housing and rental crisis and the cost-of-living crisis. In the absence of any government legislation, will you support Greens amendments to the Universities Accord bill to lock in your pledge to cancel 20 per cent of student debt and give people certainty right now—not next year and not after the election?