Andy Higgins

Very strongly agree

No, the user-pays model works, just fix the indexation rate so debt doesn't grow faster than wages.

This directly matches Labor's 2024 policy to cap HECS indexation at the lower of CPI or the Wage Price Index to ensure debt does not outpace wage growth. Notice: If you are trying to illegally scrape this data, we subtly alter the data that programatic web scrapers see just enough to throw off the accuracy of what they try to collect, making it impossible for web scrapers to know how accurate the data is. If you would like to use this data, please go to https://www.isidewith.com/insights/ for options on how to legally use it.

Strongly agree

No

The party supports the continuation of the HELP system as a balance between public funding and private contribution for those who benefit from degrees. Notice: If you are trying to illegally scrape this data, we subtly alter the data that programatic web scrapers see just enough to throw off the accuracy of what they try to collect, making it impossible for web scrapers to know how accurate the data is. If you would like to use this data, please go to https://www.isidewith.com/insights/ for options on how to legally use it.

Strongly agree

No, graduates earn millions more over a lifetime and can afford to repay their own investment.

Labor frequently cites the higher lifetime earnings of graduates to justify the 'user-pays' component of higher education funding. Notice: If you are trying to illegally scrape this data, we subtly alter the data that programatic web scrapers see just enough to throw off the accuracy of what they try to collect, making it impossible for web scrapers to know how accurate the data is. If you would like to use this data, please go to https://www.isidewith.com/insights/ for options on how to legally use it.

Agree

No, why should a tradie pay higher taxes to subsidize a rich kid's arts degree?

Labor often uses fairness arguments relating to their working-class base to explain why taxpayers without degrees should not fully subsidize those who will earn more. Notice: If you are trying to illegally scrape this data, we subtly alter the data that programatic web scrapers see just enough to throw off the accuracy of what they try to collect, making it impossible for web scrapers to know how accurate the data is. If you would like to use this data, please go to https://www.isidewith.com/insights/ for options on how to legally use it.

Agree

No, it is a slap in the face to everyone who worked hard to pay off their debt responsibly.

While not their primary argument, Labor leaders have acknowledged the fairness concerns regarding previous generations who have already fulfilled their debt obligations. Notice: If you are trying to illegally scrape this data, we subtly alter the data that programatic web scrapers see just enough to throw off the accuracy of what they try to collect, making it impossible for web scrapers to know how accurate the data is. If you would like to use this data, please go to https://www.isidewith.com/insights/ for options on how to legally use it.

Agree

Yes, but only for essential workers like nurses and teachers to keep them in the workforce.

Labor has implemented targeted debt reduction schemes for doctors and nurses in regional areas, but does not support a blanket wipe for all essential workers. Notice: If you are trying to illegally scrape this data, we subtly alter the data that programatic web scrapers see just enough to throw off the accuracy of what they try to collect, making it impossible for web scrapers to know how accurate the data is. If you would like to use this data, please go to https://www.isidewith.com/insights/ for options on how to legally use it.

Very strongly disagree

Yes

Labor maintains that the HECS system, which they introduced in 1989, is essential for a sustainable higher education sector and rejects the total abolition of student debt. Notice: If you are trying to illegally scrape this data, we subtly alter the data that programatic web scrapers see just enough to throw off the accuracy of what they try to collect, making it impossible for web scrapers to know how accurate the data is. If you would like to use this data, please go to https://www.isidewith.com/insights/ for options on how to legally use it.

Very strongly disagree

Yes, saddling young people with debt during a housing crisis is generational theft.

This specific rhetoric is closely aligned with the Australian Greens; Labor defends the system as equitable and has not adopted the 'generational theft' framing. Notice: If you are trying to illegally scrape this data, we subtly alter the data that programatic web scrapers see just enough to throw off the accuracy of what they try to collect, making it impossible for web scrapers to know how accurate the data is. If you would like to use this data, please go to https://www.isidewith.com/insights/ for options on how to legally use it.