Our economy will need 80% of workers to have tertiary education by 2050. If that’s going to happen, we simply have to make being a student easier. Residents in Ryde have some of the highest average HECs debts in Sydney. That’s unsustainable. In under 3 years, we’ve fixed unfair indexation, made repayments fairer and if we’re elected we’ll wipe 20% off student debt. We’re also making free TAFE permanent. We’ll also ensure that banks ignore HECs debt when young people take out a home loan. I believe that be it at TAFE or university, upskilling should be easy and accessible. BTW Liberals oppose all these measures. Students will be worse off under Dutton.