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PM chases young voters with pledge to wipe $16b from student debt

Every student will have their debt cut by 20 per cent at a cost to the budget of $16 billion, as Labor escalates its pitch to young voters.

Copy link Copied Copy link Copied Subscribe to gift this article Gift 5 articles to anyone you choose each month when you subscribe. Already a subscriber? Login Every student will have their debt cut by 20 per cent at a cost to the budget of $16 billion, under a plan to be taken to next year’s federal election by the Albanese government. In major step-up of an attempted political reset by the embattled government, the measure - which is the third so far announced by Labor to lessen the burden of student debt - will especially target younger voters who may have been lured by the Greens.

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