Yasmin already has $20,000 of student debt. Labor’s plans to scrap a Coalition reform may come too late

Changes under the previous Coalition government increased tertiary student fees for many courses, including humanities, increasing student debt. Photograph: Pacific Press/LightRocket/Getty Images

Yasmin Jenkins Gunn knew the cost of arts degrees had just doubled to $43,500 when she enrolled to study in 2021.

But the Melbourne-based gender studies student followed her passions anyway – they weren’t going to change based upon government policy.