The government proposes increases in the student contribution to course fees totalling 7.5%, and is lowering the first income threshold for HELP repayment.
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NATSEM has modelled the impact of the changes to the HELP debt repayments the government announced this week.
Both Prime Minister Tony Abbott and Treasurer Joe Hockey have defended the budget savings as ‘fair’.
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If the government had provided analysis on how the budget impacts households it may not have found itself defending its record on fairness.
Labor leader Bill Shorten has released modelling showing that lower income families are hit hardest by Coalition policies.
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NATSEM modelling to be released by Bill Shorten shows nine out of ten of the lowest income families with children are losing out under Coalition policies.