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The Greens pledge to abolish all student debt and make tertiary education free

The Greens have unveiled one of their latest campaigns ahead of next year’s federal election, pledging to abolish all existing student debts and make university and TAFE free for everyone. The party, a long champion of affordable tertiary education, cites the 16% increase in total student debt since the 2022 election. Australia’s total student debt …

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Federal Budget to be released tonight

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Tonight, the Albanese government will release the budget for the next financial year, with Treasurer Jim Chalmers already predicting a 9.3 billion dollar surplus. Here’s what we know about the budget already. Produced By: Eduardo Jordan Featured In Story: Sasha Foot, National Radio News political reporter, and Noah Secomb, National Radio News political reporter First …

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The $3 billion to eradicate HECS debt

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After MP for Kooyong Monique Ryan led a petition for the government to wipe out HECs debt. The Albanese Government announced on Sunday that they plan to wipe 3 Billion dollars of student loans or HECs debt. While many are over joyed, some are skeptical of the government’s actions. Image: Image: Shutterstock – jd8 Produced …

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Indebted: students paying off degrees for decades

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A new report by the National Tertiary Education Union shows repayment periods for some university degrees may extend up to 44 years. The report called ‘Future of Graduate Debt’, suggests four year degrees could end up costing more than $100, 000 and take the average student more than four decades to pay off. The study …

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