A huge deadline is looming for almost three million university students saddled with student debt, who have just six days before they are hit with a big payment increase. From June 1, the indexation rate applied to HECS–HELP loans will ...
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Record inflation highs linked to uni fee hike
The federal government's university funding changes have been a key driver behind Australia's record inflation rate according to the ABS, prompting union calls to increase academics' wages. New ABS data shows that during this year's March quarter university costs rose ...
More »Education workers among those worse off as cost of living outstrips wage growth
The average Australian was more than $800 worse off last year than they were in 2020, as the soaring cost of living outstrips wage growth, according to the Australian Council of Trade Unions. President Michele O’Neil addressed the Australia Institute ...
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