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Mia Chircop completed a La Trobe University subject while still at secondary school.

How VCE students can study at university – free

A growing number of students are doing university subjects while still at secondary school. They are getting points for it, but not the bill.

  • Bridie Smith

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Voters back Labor’s proposed HECS changes. They are even keener for an overhaul of uni fees

But the key adviser who helped devise the HECS regime, Bruce Chapman, has warned against the “fantasy” of free education.

  • Natassia Chrysanthos and David Crowe
George Williams wants the government to slash university fees.

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.

  • Daniella White
Any reduction in student debts will help the economy.

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

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

  • The Herald's View
Them’s the bucks ... non-graduate taxpayers will be among the masses giving this $16 billion tax break to higher-paid graduates.

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.

  • Chris Richardson
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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.

  • George Williams
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese.

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.

  • James Massola
Sydney University is leading the field in converting casual academic roles to permanent tenured positions.

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.

  • Paul Sakkal
Tens of thousands of Australians have students loans above $100,000

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.

  • Daniella White

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