The government has introduced its bill to reduce student debt. Photo: Australian National University.
The Federal Government has fired the starter’s gun on the business schedule for the new parliament by introducing its legislation to cut student debt.
Labor’s bill seeks to cut 20 per cent off all higher education student debts, with the aim to wipe away more than $16 billion for about three million Australians.
It’s likely to pass with little trouble, as both the Opposition and the Greens have signalled enough initial support for it to get up when it arrives in the Senate.
The government won’t need any help to have it first pass the House of Representatives.
Anthony Albanese said the aim of the bill was to deliver cost of…