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MPs push to ease student debt burdens as record Help loan indexation looms

Proposal to abolish indexation projected to cost up to $1.3bn as MPs and students say higher education loan scheme is ‘no longer fit for purpose’

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Morning Mail: drone attack on Kremlin, 15% pay rise for aged care staff, air pollution threat

Moscow says Ukraine was trying to assassinate Vladimir Putin; Anika Wells to announce huge boost for aged care workers

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Mehreen Faruqi Has Launched Federal Court Action Against Pauline Hanson Over ‘Insulting’ Tweet

“This court action is about holding her accountable and using the Racial Discrimination Act to prevent her from engaging in bigoted conduct that hurts people in the future.”

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Greens senator Mehreen Faruqi sues Pauline Hanson over ‘hateful’ tweet

Greens deputy leader Mehreen Faruqi is taking legal action against Pauline Hanson over a tweet telling her to "p-ss off back to Pakistan".

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Mehreen Faruqi launches court action against Pauline Hanson for 'insulting and humiliating' tweet

Greens deputy leader Mehreen Faruqi launches court action against One Nation leader Pauline Hanson over an "insulting and humiliating" tweet, which she alleges breached racial discrimination laws.

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‘We got educated and exploited’: Nadia Sheriff’s $35,000 loan has only reduced to $32,800 after 20 years

Graduates say they are still struggling to pay off debts racked up under Australia’s controversial 1990s student loan scheme

The Guardian - AU

Calls to reform Australia’s student debt scheme as loan holders face ‘deeply unjust’ 7.1% rise

Millions of Australians face a hike in their Help and Hecs loans when indexation is added on 1 June, the highest increase in decades

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‘It’s perverse’: how Australia’s student loan scheme traps graduates in a debt spiral

Hit with a record high indexation rate, many young people don’t see how they will ever make a dent in their Help debt

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Government will not lift welfare payments despite recommendation – as it happened

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Committee rejects proposal to freeze student debt

A proposal to abolish indexation of student debts and raise the minimum income required to start repayments has been rejected by a parliamentary committee.

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Students and graduates could pay thousands more as HECS and HELP indexation goes ahead

A Senate inquiry rejects a proposal to freeze indexation on the student loans, meaning they could increase by up to 7 per cent in June.

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Growing calls for student HECS-HELP loan indexation to be abolished as inflation sends debts soaring

A growing chorus of university graduates is calling for an overhaul of the HECS-HELP debt system, as loan amounts balloon due to high inflation.

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Calls to ditch Harmony Day amid accusations it 'whitewashes historic and ongoing racism' in Australia

The federal government is facing calls to restore Harmony Day to its original and internationally recognised name, with the Greens saying it "whitewashes historic and ongoing racism in Australia".

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Female university graduates have bigger Hecs debts but earning less than men, research reveals

Average student debt balance has risen 10% and taking longer to pay off, affecting major life events such as starting a family

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Former RSPCA boss to advise government on when, how to end $85 million live sheep trade

A former animal rights campaigner, retired Labor MP and a Western Australian farmer will advise the federal government about how to shut down the export of live sheep, as farmers appeal the ban.

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Australia joins Vanuatu bid for international court to rule on obligation to prevent climate harm

Pacific island country will put resolution to UN general assembly seeking opinion on international legal obligations that countries have to act on the crisis

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Santos wins approval for 116 gas wells in western Qld

The federal government has given Santos approval to drill 116 new coal seam gas wells in Queensland's Surat Basin with an operational life of 30 years.

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Greens decry ‘utter decimation’ of independent observer program for live exports

Most voyages carrying livestock out of Australia sailed without an observer, with half of those ships claiming they had insufficient space for an extra person

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Advocates condemn ‘disgusting’ new criminal offence – as it happened

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'Long time coming': APS employee census to ask cultural background of staff

APSC Commissioner Peter Woolcott said a the creation of a new CALD strategy was a priority for the Minister for the Public Service, Katy Gallagher, but there was no timeframe.

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Kate Jenkins says more workplace complaints in Australian parliament ‘not a backward step’

In week before independent Monique Ryan and chief of staff Sally Rugg head to mediation, sex discrimination commissioner says cultural change is happening

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Greens First Nations advisory group told party it could not say no to voice

Exclusive: advice was taken despite Lidia Thorpe’s objections but Adam Bandt says he still believes a treaty should come first

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Indigenous senator quits party over Australian referendum

An Indigenous senator in Australia has quit the minor Greens party in a disagreement over a referendum to be held this year that would create an Indigenous Voice to Parliament

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Instant noodles and extra jobs: PhD candidates ‘barely scraping by’ on stipends below minimum wage

Students are pleading for reforms amid rising rent and cost of living, as experts warn research could suffer if people are put off higher study

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Inflation-driven higher education debt increases to hit millions of Australians

Even under the most conservative scenario, modelling suggests average Help debt will increase by at least $1700 when indexed on 1 June

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