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.
