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michaelt on Sept 25, 2014 | parent | context | favorite | on: Australian Government Scrambles to Authorize Mass ...

I'll accept student loans with debt charged at the market rate the moment the fees and interest are applied retroactively.

If a student graduating today should repay society the cost of their education, why shouldn't a student who graduated 30 years ago like, say, Tony Abbot?

_dp9d on Sept 25, 2014 [–]

I'm not there right now, but my parents are saying that's exactly what he's proposing - the retro-active bit.

It will impact me, I still have ~$20k of HECS debt that I didn't pay, and because I'm not earning money in Australia, I'm not paying it now.

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