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Why sorting your tax early this year is more important than ever

Why sorting your tax early this year is more important than ever

You need to look for every tax deduction and defer any income you can, and take advice on your particular circumstances so you don’t overdo it.

  • by Julia Hartman

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Minister vows to ‘weed out the bottom feeders’ in university system
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Minister vows to ‘weed out the bottom feeders’ in university system

Private colleges have been told to stop recruiting fake overseas students within six months or risk losing their licences.

  • by David Crowe
Until Labor arrests the ballooning cost of uni, students are still being short-changed

Until Labor arrests the ballooning cost of uni, students are still being short-changed

It remains to be seen how much difference a sometimes-reduced rate of indexation is going to make. Certainly, some. But the root of the problem remains.

  • by Rachel Withers
Completion bonuses on the cards in university overhaul

Completion bonuses on the cards in university overhaul

Education Minister Jason Clare’s vision for getting more disadvantaged students into universities will be outlined in next week’s budget.

  • by Natassia Chrysanthos
The government’s HECS change is good, but another tweak is still needed
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The government’s HECS change is good, but another tweak is still needed

Timing is important – and that’s one of the clear shortfalls in the federal government’s surprise for young people with student loans.

  • by Millie Muroi
Student incomes to receive further government boost as Labor goes after youth vote

Student incomes to receive further government boost as Labor goes after youth vote

Education Minister Jason Clare also warned any intimidation on university campuses was “intolerable”.

  • by Angus Thompson and Matthew Knott
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Call violence against women what it is and drop the rhetoric
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Letters

Call violence against women what it is and drop the rhetoric

A reader simplifies the discussion around the causes for male violence against women: “Perpetrators are cowards. Victims are blameless. Society looks away.”

Labor wipes $3b off student loans as cost-of-living relief measure

Labor wipes $3b off student loans as cost-of-living relief measure

Facing blowback over its agenda to help financially insecure Millennials, Labor has revealed a major change to the calculation of student loan indexation.

  • by Paul Sakkal
Male anger problem needs radical action

Male anger problem needs radical action

A royal commission is a good idea, but only if the government commits to implementing the recommendations. This needs to be a whole of community approach, not just whole of government.

‘Simpler and fairer’: Albanese flags HECS changes in budget relief

‘Simpler and fairer’: Albanese flags HECS changes in budget relief

The prime minister says he will announce soon a response to a recommended overhaul of HECS as calls come from the crossbench to look at wiping student debt.

  • by Angus Thompson
Biden wipes away another $11b in student debt

Biden wipes away another $11b in student debt

Millions of Americans still owe their undergraduate and graduate loans, even though they borrowed only about $US5000 initially.

  • by Zach Montague