Universities Accord (Cutting Student Debt by 20 Per Cent) Bill 2025

Senator ROBERTS (Queensland) (11:46): I'm not asking if it's fully costed, and I understand what's involved with the bill. I asked you a specific question: where is government money coming from to pay for government providing cost-of-living relief? Where does the government money come from that pays for the HECS debt cut?

What makes up government money? That is fundamental, but the government doesn't understand that. Neither did you predecessors.

If you don't understand where government money comes from, how the hell can you justify spending it?