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UF and Greens find common ground re: students
Media statement
For immediate release
Wednesday, 31
January 2007
UF and Greens find common ground re:
students
United Future education spokesperson Judy
Turner agrees with the Green
Party that our students are
being treated unjustly under the current
student
loan/allowance scheme, as concluded by the OECD review
released on
Monday.
“Current policy assumes that
parents are financially responsible to their
children
until the age of 25, which is of course absurd,” says Mrs
Turner.
“I am glad and of course not surprised that
Metiria Turei feels as
strongly about this as we do,
which shows just how unfair the current
rules
are.”
Mrs Turei responded to the OECD report
saying that, “reducing the age
eligibility threshold
for allowances is a crucial next step” to help
our
tertiary students.
“I absolutely agree, and I
am looking forward to the Greens’ support
when
negotiations begin with Labour to reduce the age
threshold for parental
means testing.
“United
Future would like to see it at 18, and I welcome support
and
input from Mrs Turei towards our policy proposal for
Dr Cullen, as per our
confidence and supply agreement,”
says Mrs Turner.
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