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This week, the Albanese Labor government have made two fantastic announcements in the education space. These announcements will help people with their cost of living right now and make education fairer for the students of the future and, through that, open up the jobs and opportunities of the future. One is, of course, our changes to HECS. We are reducing every student debt by 20 per cent. On average, that's a cut of $5,500 for a student with that debt. We're also changing the repayment thresholds so that people can earn more before they start paying it off. This is wonderful news for people around the country with HECS-HELP debts, including here in my electorate of Canberra. We're also making fee-free TAFE permanent. A re-elected Albanese Labor government would open up another 100,000 new places of fee-free TAFE. Just yesterday, I had the great pleasure to go with Minister Andrew Giles to visit Bruce CIT here in Canberra and talk with students in early-childhood education and nursing about how this has benefited them. We have seen a great take-up of this in Canberra, and I'm really excited that we will be extending that if re-elected. It was really inspiring to hear these students speak so passionately about what they've been learning and the passion they have for the careers they will undertake in these skills areas which are critically important for our nation. We are the party of education, and we want everyone to access the best opportunities for learning. (Time expired)