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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
National
Paul Karp and Caitlin Cassidy

Labor looks to ease Hecs burden as student debts set to grow more than 4%

Anthony Albanese speaking into a microphone
Prime minister Anthony Albanese. Albanese said on Thursday the government is examining reforms to Hecs/Help student loan indexation. Photograph: Bianca de Marchi/AAP

The prime minister, Anthony Albanese, has suggested the government is looking to reduce the rate of student debt indexation in response to debts growing by more than 4% this year.

Albanese said on Thursday that “there’s a range of areas we need to do much better for the younger generation and Hecs is one of them” and that announcements would be made “pretty soon” on changes to make the student loan “simpler and fairer”.

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