As a former local school teacher, I know how important investing in our young people is to build Wyndham’s future.

Cheaper child care

Labor’s cheaper child care reforms have helped 8,000 local families with the cost of living. Cheaper child care is providing working families with more choice and helping children to access high quality early childhood education and care.

A re-elected Labor government will guarantee eligibility for 3 days of subsidised child care a week for children who need it, and will build more child care centres across Australia.

Better, fairer funding for our public schools

Labor is delivering record funding to make sure all public schools in all states and territories are fully and fairly funded - delivering record funding to schools and introducing targeted reforms which will help students to catch up, keep up and finish school.

Cutting student debt

Labor has wiped $3 billion in student debt and fixed the way indexation is calculated on student debt, to help with the cost of degrees and the cost of living.

Labor will also cut student debt by 20%. Labor will also raise the repayment threshold and lower repayment rates to help Australians with the cost of living.

Free TAFE

Labor is delivering close to 600,000 Free TAFE places, helping Australians to gain skills and get ahead.

And we’ll make Free TAFE permanent so locals can gain skills and get ahead.

Paid Prac

Labor is establishing the Commonwealth Prac Payment, so Australians studying to be a teacher, a nurse, a midwife or a social worker can get paid while on prac.