From child care to school to university and TAFE, we are supporting the next generation of Australians to reach their dreams.
✅Achieved
In its first term, the Albanese Labor Government:
Cut student debt, and made sure that it never grows faster than wages. Labor has wiped $3 billion in student debt and fixed the way indexation is calculated on student debt, to help with the cost of degrees and the cost of living.
Delivered Free TAFE. Labor is delivering close to 600,000 Free TAFE places, helping Australians to gain skills and get ahead.
Delivered cheaper child care. More than one million families have benefitted from Labor’s cheaper child care policies.
Better, fairer funding for our public schools. Labor is delivering record funding to make sure all public schools in all states and territories are fully and fairly funded - delivering record funding to schools and introducing targeted reforms which will help students to catch up, keep up and finish school.
Introduced paid prac. Labor is establishing the Commonwealth Prac Payment, so Australians studying to be a teacher, a nurse, a midwife or a social worker can get paid while on prac.
📢Announced
A re-elected Albanese Labor Government will:
Cut student debt by 20%. Labor will also raise the repayment threshold and lower repayment rates to help Australians with the cost of living.
Make early education simple, accessible and affordable. A re-elected Labor government will guarantee eligibility for 3 days of subsidised early education a week for children who need it, and will build more child care centres across Australia
Make Free TAFE permanent. Labor is helping Australians to gain skills and get ahead by making Free TAFE permanent.
