By Rowan Holzberger
MOST Australians instinctively understand the value of a good education.
A trade certificate, a TAFE diploma, a university degree. It’s the ticket to a better life. But with cost-of-living pressures and student debts piling up, that ticket has started to feel more like a millstone than a launchpad.
That’s why the Albanese Labor Government’s 20% cut to student debt matters so much.
It’s practical. It’s fair. And, crucially, it’s a promise kept. In Forde alone, around 23,000 people will see the benefit – young Australians trying to get their start, and older graduates still chipping away at student debt decades later.
This isn’t a hand-out. It’s smart policy. It lets people get on with life: buy a…