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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
National
Caitlin Cassidy Education reporter

Hecs/Help debt to rise by 4.8% in June as indexation lifts average loan by more than $1,200

Mehreen Faruqi
The Greens’ education spokesperson, senator Mehreen Faruqi, said the ‘alarming trajectory’ of Hecs/Help debt rises showed a ‘clear failure of the current system’. Photograph: Mick Tsikas/AAP

Varsha Yaiman is 21 years old and already has more than $35,000 in debt. Not on a house, or a car, but a student loan.

Four years into her double arts/law degree, Yaiman said she and her peers find the future “truly terrifying”.

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