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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.

Australians are being urged to pay off as much student debt as they can ahead of May 25, before rising inflation causes HELP loan balances to skyrocket.

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…

See how indexation affects a higher education debt over 10 years using actual payment thresholds

This article is part of our series on big ideas for the Universities Accord. The federal government is calling for ideas to “reshape and reimagine higher education, and set it up for the next decade and beyond”. A review team is due to finish a draft report in June and…

Help to Save is a type of savings account offered by the Government, available to low income workers who are claiming certain benefits - here is everything you need to know

A deal announced this week on a series of drug pricing bills could be a sign of progress an issue that has bedeviled both parties.

Millions of Australians face a hike in their Help and Hecs loans when indexation is added on 1 June, the highest increase in decades