Report proposes lowering student loan repayment

Education Minister Simon Birmingham..jpg

Education Minister Simon Birmingham..jpg Source: AAP

A Melbourne-based policy research group says lowering the salary threshold for higher-education-loan repayments could raise as much as half-a-billion-dollars-a-year towards the federal budget.The Grattan Institute recommends graduates begin repaying government loans once they earn over 42-thousand dollars per year, instead of around 54-thousand-dollars.As Aaron reports, it says too many student borrowers either don't repay what they owe, or are taking too long to clear their debts.



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