Everyone has a right to education, whether you are leaving school, changing careers, retraining later in life or looking to gain new skills and knowledge. But successive Labor and Liberal governments have treated students as customers and education as a business. As a result, funding has been slashed, student debt has spiralled and the increasing cost of living is a barrier to world-class education and training for the next generation of students. The Greens plan is the biggest investment in higher education Australia will have ever seen and will support students, teachers and staff.