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Mark McGowan’s deputy Roger Cook will be Western Australia’s next premier, and Melbourne experienced its second earthquake in three days at 5.03pm yesterday.

For the past decade, student debts have increased by about 2 per cent a year on average, but tomorrow they will rise by a massive 7.1 per cent. The consequences of increased debt will affect graduates for decades.

'For our region, we've got excessive growth in housing cost, relatively low wages and high indexation.'

Younger Australians feared the budget would further entrench generational inequality. Four Guardian Australia reporters reflect on what it offers their age group

In an effort to bolster Queensland's police numbers, a new recruitment drive will offer a "significant increase" in wages and help you pay off some of your HECS debt.

Almost three billion hectares of farmland is in poor condition worldwide – an area the size of Russia. Biodiversity is in freefall. Extinctions are rising. Wild animal populations have fallen almost 70% since 1970.

Proposal to abolish indexation projected to cost up to $1.3bn as MPs and students say higher education loan scheme is ‘no longer fit for purpose’

HECS debts. HELP debts. Indexation. Consumer price indexes. INFLATION. Some of us didn’t go to school for maths and numbers, so the mere sight of such mathematical words causes our brains to shut down faster than MilkRun on a Tuesday in April. And so, I called up my engineer boyfriend…

Brought in to funnel students into degrees that would address Australia's skill shortages, the Job Ready Graduate package slashed the student contribution of some degrees while hiking others, but enrolments in the arts is still popular, universities claim.