This policy will mean that young people can better afford to live while studying and will leave study with less debt. The $50 increase to the maximum for student allowances and living cost loans, along with the increase in Accommodation Benefit payments of $20 a week in Budget 2017, will make it easier for students to get by while studying, lowering a significant barrier to education. In particular, it will help to offset the rapid increase in rents that many students have faced in recent years due to the housing crisis.
in favour of a free market economy and capitalism