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Australians think students are being asked to pay far too much for their degrees. Just under half (47%) of Australians surveyed by YouGov in June 2025 believe a worker on an average income should be able to pay off the debt for a standard three-year degree within five years. When…

Australia needs critical thinkers who develop ‘philosophy about the world’ by studying the arts, university warns

The Hecs/Help scheme was not designed so people making a regular wage remained in debt until death, expert says

Migration has become a major battleground between the government and opposition. While they have different policies, each side is targeting foreign students in their plans for cuts in the intake.

Immigration and higher education experts say caps risk closure of universities if managed poorly and radically limit ‘student choice and university autonomy’

Labor’s solution to spiralling debts would’ve worked a treat if it had been in place for the past two years. Now it may make no difference

Enrolments in bachelor degrees dropped from 934,000 in 2016 to 815,000 in 2022

It's time to think about the debt we set and forget. University graduates have just seen the largest debt indexation in 32 years.

As inflation rises, Australians with university debts say they're seeing their repayments evaporate and running into difficulties borrowing for mortgages.