{"id":129421,"date":"2024-09-19T12:07:28","date_gmt":"2024-09-19T02:07:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/?p=129421"},"modified":"2024-09-19T12:07:36","modified_gmt":"2024-09-19T02:07:36","slug":"almost-57-000-australians-owe-more-than-100000-in-hecs-debts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/?p=129421","title":{"rendered":"Almost 57 000 Australians owe more than $100000 in HECS debts"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Almost 57 000 Australians owe more than $100000 in HECS debts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The Morrison govt doubled the price of arts, business and law degrees – to over $50 000. Last week in Question Time I asked the Education Minister to reverse that change. I\u2019ll keep asking.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Dr. Monique Ryan MP<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

It is incredible how this country deliberately taxes those who seek to build a better life with furthering their education and in doing so make a definitive contribution to the economy and the country.<\/p>\n\n\n

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Australians have incurred a total student debt of over $100 billion, according to the Australian Taxation Office.\u00a0Credit:\u00a0SBS News<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

Why is Australia so backward in that it makes it near impossible or at least penalises people for seeking further education?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

It is incredible how this country deliberately taxes those who seek to build a better life with furthering their education.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":22,"featured_media":129422,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[273,999,35],"tags":[472,13467],"class_list":["post-129421","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-australia","category-australia-politics","category-breaking-news","tag-australian","tag-hecs"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t