Media and Press Statements

The indexation of student debt is arguably the federal government’s biggest political problem when it comes to universities.Last June, student debt balances increased by 7.1%, the highest rate in decades. While HELP loans do not...

For a country as vast as Australia and with such a large proportion of its population hailing from overseas, it is surprising that our aviation cancellation and compensation regulations lag so far behind those...

The government is facing cross-party pressure to close a "cynical" HECS loophole, with one MP warning a private member’s bill will be “ready to go” if the May budget is insufficient.HECS-HELP debt is indexed...

Victorian independent MP Dr Monique Ryan recently launched a campaign to update, modernise and equalise the HECS system. Starting an online petition, Dr Ryan has garnered more than 200,000 signatures of support with ease.

Attorney General Mark Dreyfus has claimed the Labor government is “completely committed” to accountability. His response follows Independent MP Monique Ryan asking why the government does not support Clean Up Politics Act she is...

Independent MP Monique Ryan said last week that an average Australian who was earning $60,000 and had recently finished a degree, with an average-sized HELP debt, would have ended up with a larger debt...

The two modernist towers served Victoria’s road authorities as headquarters for six decades. Now abandoned, they stand on a busy corner in Melbourne’s inner east, waiting to go the way of the train station...

From 1 July the only vapes available in this country should be those prescribed by medical practitioners and dispensed by pharmacies. As a paediatrician who has witnessed the extraordinary increase in childhood vaping addiction...

Education Minister Jason Clare is under mounting pressure to fix the “broken” student loans system, from independent MPs who say indexation is saddling young people with unconscionable levels of debt. “If you are an...

Two Independent MPs will deliver the largest ever public call for changes to HECS/HELP indexation to the Education Minister, after more than 80,000 people signed a petition in just six days.The crossbench has led...