Policy & Reform
Monique Ryan urges MPs to back change to HECS ‘stealth tax’
The MP’s proposed change to the HEX indexation date means it would be calculated after wage repayments and a person’s tax return was submitted.
Indexation of the HECS student debt scheme is a “stealth tax” on younger Australians and is stopping them from getting ahead, a prominent independent MP claims as parliamentarians vote on a bold proposal.
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