More than 3 million current and former university students promised 20 per cent reductions in their student debts under Labor would not get that saving under a Peter Dutton government, with the Coalition confirming it would not proceed with Labor’s $16 billion debt-reduction plan.
A Liberal campaign statement said the party would ditch the policy as a savings measure, after the Coalition previously labelled it as “elitist” and “profoundly unfair” on those without student loans.
Mr Dutton’s campaign has also promised to scrap a popular electric vehicle subsidy, issuing a joint statement with shadow treasurer Angus Taylor and shadow finance minister Jane Hume, after coming under pressure to say how they would pay for a $21 billion boost to…
