Emma Gillespie

Making a salary of X thousand dollars a year, that's future me's problem.

So I do think that there is a conversation there about whether or not this has been effective.

Ryan called it the worst tertiary education policy this century.

She says that every young Australian deserves access to the same affordable education that previous generations including many current politicians benefited from.

Well, the Education Minister, Jason Clare, actually responded to questions directly from Monique Ryan during question time last week.

He pointed to that 20% discount from last year as the biggest cut to student debt by any Australian government ever.

He said that it's taken a massive weight off the backs of young Australians and

And on the point of indexation, I think no one will be surprised to hear that he said the government has already made some, quote, important changes to the way HECS is indexed.

And that had many important benefits for young people right across the country.

Interestingly, though, he did say he recognises that there is a lot of, quote, unfinished business and there's more work to do.

I also reached out to the shadow education minister, Julian Lisa, who said the design of the HEC system is a serious and longstanding issue.

So he's with Monique Ryan on that, but he did defend the coalition's job-ready grad scheme.

He basically said that it means we have nurses and teachers today who, quote, are paying far less than they were before.

So the government is continuing to work through the accord recommendations.

And I wouldn't be surprised if we are sitting here in a few weeks or months time or certainly before the next election and talking about the date of indexation shifting for good.

Yes.

It was based on that.

So they played the score, I'm pretty sure, at this concert.

They played the score from the acclaimed film La La Land live.

Yeah, I saw this.