University debts could be slashed by up to 20 per cent under an Albanese government plan targeted at young voters.
Student debts could be slashed by tens of thousands of dollars under a radical Albanese government plan to make financially strained young Australians feel better off before next year’s election.
Ministers contacted by this masthead refused to discuss the proposals but did not deny the work was being done.was appreciated by young people and there was a desire among backbenchers to do more on HELP debts – previously named HECS. Australia’s university fee program is widely viewed as a successful scheme that has allowed many people to gain degrees. Their repayments act as a kind of payback to those taxpayers who didn’t go to university, but who fund degrees that lead to high-earning professions.
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