Albanese will make the announcement at a rally with South Australian Premier Peter Malinauskas on Sunday.
It will be the first in a series of speeches over coming weeks in which the prime minister will outline his second-term agenda after weeks plagued by his off-taste Tourette’s insult, the purchase of a $4.3 million holiday home, and debate about his relationship with former Qantas boss Alan Joyce.
Sources previously told this masthead Labor’s second-term agenda would be focused on HELP changes, universal childcare and new investments in TAFE.
The wiping of debt, which mirrors similar moves by the US Democrats, although Americans are not helped by the government to pay tertiary study fees, will affect people with HELP debts…