Prue MacSween slams government's HECS debt announcement 'Australians can't afford'

Sky News contributor Prue MacSween slams the Labor government’s announcement to wipe $3 billion from HECS debt.
“If it means that some of these kids are going to vote Labor … then they don’t care about running out this debt,” Ms Macsween told Sky News host Rita Panahi.
“We all would love the kids to not have any HECS debt, but sadly Australians can’t afford to be subsidising student university degrees.
“Smoke and mirrors from the government.
“It’s a great headline and people fall for it.”

[@ironmaidens6663]

Politicians all got their degree's for free, while the rest of us have to find $100,000 from somewhere.😠

[@waynegerman6633]

Following the American playbook Or should we say WEF agenda

[@mikiandfriends1820]

Or Scomo stimulus

[@markb7898]

More debt for future Australians to pay. More lies and crap from labor. Done only as an ego boost for Albo everything this PM does is about him. When will the economic damage end. I will never fly qantas again, they have lost the plot.

[@danielsabatino6183]

You know who's going to be paying a majority of that debt, people that actually earn real money... people with degrees. Not the average 60k salary but the 100k+ salaries to better fund your fortnightly centrelink payments.

[@ce244]

First of all, do me and my mates get it retrospectively for the Medicine, Engineering and Chemistry degrees we all did and got a First at ? You know, those qualifications that lead to a real job ? No ? Thought not. But, gotta buy those journalism, agenda (sic) studies and (Social) Engineering student votes somehow...

[@LilyWhiteAkAConspiracyRealist]

Desperation before defeat …. Bye bye boys 👋

[@lilygal4975]

Reward the naughty bullies, makes sense to NO ONE EVER!

[@trickyboy1517]

Higher education was free when you went to uni, Prune. :I

[@mikiandfriends1820]

Was hard work then and actually benefited the society. Not this for profit sht

[@lonnie224]

That was then and this is now. And I don’t want to help pay for your career that is no benefit to me. Pay for your own education.

[@georgetsipas49]

Many European countries have free higher education. Australia can afford to subsidise degrees in full. They just don’t want to turn off the tap of foreign students and the dollars they represent.

[@Iamwoman68]

Is this copper for real? I wouldn't want to this copper to come rescue me instead of helping me he would probably scare the f outta me

[@paulchilds9137]

Not pru again. You could not get a person older than pru attacking younger people than students. Shameful.

[@deanhall6045]

Wow, you'd be rapt if you copped a ticket from a cat. Fair dinkum, this must be a joke.

[@dmarshall8366]

Yes Mcswine we can bail out Corporations with tax payer money but not those doing it tough. Pathetic, usual hard right sludge.

[@info88w11]

Well GA.....OLLLLLLY GOSH By CRIKEY x JINGO x JIMANY CRICKETS JIMBO BATMAN Its GOMER PYLES JIMBO

[@LuciferBlack-zp8lr]

Lol As front line workers celebrate PM Albanese successfully representing all Australians 🇦🇺 The Robodebt right wing conservatives squeal noooooooooo, that money was earmarked for gun clubs, travel to purchase private property investments and a third year riding the taxpayer funded gravy train while delivering nothing....😭 😆😆😆

[@Father_Grandfather]

Nobody except you cares about Robodebt dunnyboy. Get some new material

[@WitchDoctor.933]

Copy Paste. That's what you do when you've got Alzheimers. 😆

[@mikiandfriends1820]

The ones losing their jobs to net zero?