Division Description Changes — Motions — Higher Education — 13th Feb 2020

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Title

  • Motions — Higher Education
  • Motions - Higher Education - Make free

Description

  • <p class="speaker">Mehreen Faruqi</p>
  • <p>I move:</p>
  • <p class="italic">That the Senate&#8212;</p>
  • The majority voted against a [motion](https://www.openaustralia.org.au/senate/?id=2020-02-13.46.1) introduced by NSW Senator [Mehreen Faruqi](https://theyvoteforyou.org.au/people/senate/nsw/mehreen_faruqi) (Greens), which means it failed.
  • ### Motion text
  • > *That the Senate—*
  • >
  • > *(a) notes that:*
  • >
  • >> *(i) everyone has a right to education, whether you are leaving school, changing careers, retraining later in life or looking to gain new skills and knowledge,*
  • >>
  • >> *(ii) more than a million students will commence at, or return to, public universities and TAFEs around Australia this month,*
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  • >> *(iii) access to a world-class education shouldn't require going into large debts, but the average graduate today is saddled with more than $22,000 in study debt, and*
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  • >> *(iv) a student graduating in 2020 will take a decade on average to repay their study loans just as they are starting out in life; and*
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  • > *(b) calls on the Federal Government to make TAFE and university free.*
  • <p class="italic">(a) notes that:</p>
  • <p class="italic">&#160;&#160;(i) everyone has a right to education, whether you are leaving school, changing careers, retraining later in life or looking to gain new skills and knowledge,</p>
  • <p class="italic">&#160;&#160;(ii) more than a million students will commence at, or return to, public universities and TAFEs around Australia this month,</p>
  • <p class="italic">&#160;&#160;(iii) access to a world-class education shouldn't require going into large debts, but the average graduate today is saddled with more than $22,000 in study debt, and</p>
  • <p class="italic">&#160;&#160;(iv) a student graduating in 2020 will take a decade on average to repay their study loans just as they are starting out in life; and</p>
  • <p class="italic">(b) calls on the Federal Government to make TAFE and university free.</p>
  • <p class="speaker">Scott Ryan</p>
  • <p>The question is that motion No. 458, moved by Senator Faruqi, be agreed to.</p>