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The Turnbull government is pushing ahead with plans to make university graduates repay their student debts sooner

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The Turnbull government is pushing ahead with plans to make university graduates repay their student debts sooner. The legislation to cut the HECS-HELP repayment threshold from $55,000 to $45,000 has been introduced to parliament. The bill also includes a new lifetime limit on how much students can borrow from taxpayers. Assistant education minister Karen Andrews says Australia has to make sure its higher education system is more sustainable.


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The Turnbull government is pushing ahead with plans to make university graduates repay their student debts sooner. The legislation to cut the HECS-HELP repayment threshold from $55,000 to $45,000 has been introduced to parliament. The bill also includes a new lifetime limit on how much students can borrow from taxpayers. Assistant education minister Karen Andrews says Australia has to make sure its higher education system is more sustainable.



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