Uni boss’ bold plan to slash university fees and end $50,000 arts degrees
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Uni boss’ bold plan to slash university fees and end $50,000 arts degrees

The plan would cost the government $1.7 billion a year and result in the cost of an arts degree falling from $50,000 to $28,000.

  • byDaniella White

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Criticising HECS changes misses the bigger picture

Criticising HECS changes misses the bigger picture

If Richardson wishes to campaign against tax breaks for those on higher incomes,he could choose to start with superannuation,family trusts,negative gearing,capital gains discounts and franking credits.

Give them a break:Cutting student debt is a good investment

Give them a break:Cutting student debt is a good investment

While Australians should contribute to the cost of their tertiary education,the current system has imposed an unreasonable burden on many young people.

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Why Albanese’s HECS gift is a reverse-Robin Hood
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Why Albanese’s HECS gift is a reverse-Robin Hood

If we give a $16 billion tax break to people on higher incomes who went to university,then we’ll have to get that pound of flesh from the people who didn’t.

  • byChris Richardson
Albanese’s HECS relief won’t fix the core problem – the fees system is broken
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Albanese’s HECS relief won’t fix the core problem – the fees system is broken

Student debt has reached about $81 billion. The government receives far more in student repayments than it does from the gas industry through the petroleum resource rent tax.

  • byGeorge Williams
Move to provide relief from crippling student loans is long overdue

Move to provide relief from crippling student loans is long overdue

Every Australian with a student debt will be relieved to learn the government has finally heeded their distress.

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Graduates to get early career reprieve from crippling student debts

Graduates to get early career reprieve from crippling student debts

The salary threshold at which student loans must be repaid will rise more than $10,000 a year under a federal Labor policy shift that will make the average HELP debt-holder $680 a year better off.

  • byJames Massola
Radical plan to slash student debts by tens of thousands of dollars
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Radical plan to slash student debts by tens of thousands of dollars

University debts could be slashed by up to 20 per cent under an Albanese government plan targeted at young voters.

  • byPaul Sakkal
The number of Australians with student debts above $100,000 revealed

The number of Australians with student debts above $100,000 revealed

In just five years,the number of people with six-figure debt has more than doubled.

  • byDaniella White
‘It looms over you’:WA students stagger under debt as cost of living soars

‘It looms over you’:WA students stagger under debt as cost of living soars

On average,students in Western Australia pay more than $20,000 for a degree – more than students in the eastern states – and it’s taking them decades to repay.

  • byHolly Thompson
The harshest truth about our housing crisis? There’s no silver bullet

The harshest truth about our housing crisis? There’s no silver bullet

Senator Andrew Bragg says growing university debts are keeping young Australians out of the housing market. But his proposed solution ignores the root of the problem.

  • byShane Wright