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Federal Education Minister Jason Clare.

Revealed: The date HECS debts will be slashed by 20 per cent

The federal government has announced when the ATO will begin processing legislated cuts to student debt.

  • Nick Newling

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We are thinking of giving a $650,000 ‘living inheritance’ to each of our two daughters. Is this wise?

 It’s a generous plan, but a risky one.

  • Noel Whittaker

Albanese is crying poor, but we’re losing billions a year from untaxed gas

In Norway, they tax their oil and gas industry heavily and give their kids free higher education. Here, we do the opposite.

  • Ross Gittins
Norman Huang, a final-year student in commerce and computer science, welcomed the 20 per cent cut to student loans that passed parliament.

‘Scaring off poor students’: HECS relief welcome, but high fees have become a barrier

Graduates with a $50,000 HECS debt will soon have $10,000 wiped off, but current first-year students will not see the same financial windfall.

  • Christopher Harris
Dr Erika Frey accrued $130,000 in debt, a large portion of it in fees for an expensive master’s program.

Erika thought her university education was worth it. Then she got the $130,000 bill

Recent graduates saddled with a university loan debt will save up to $1300 a year under new repayment rules set to pass the Senate next week. See how much you can save.

  • Christopher Harris
Illustration by Simon Letch

Cutting HECS debt is the least Albanese could do for young Australians. He should do more

Our tax and benefits system favours the old over the young. Then there’s our ridiculous housing market. No wonder young people feel dudded.

  • Ross Gittins
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“You’ll be going here one day,” I told my grandchildren.

The best and worst universities for graduate salaries revealed

Universities are coaching students in how to negotiate their salaries, but external forces dictate how big their first pay cheque will be. Search the table.

  • Christopher Harris
University of NSW students Diya Sengupta and Sabrine Nasri, 20, are both set to pay in excess of $50,000 for their degrees.

How student debt changes made the same degrees more expensive

Costs are set to be cut by thousands of dollars in the coming months but those at university are still paying more for tuition.

  • Christopher Harris
Anthony Albanese and Labor promised a lot to voters. Here’s when it should be delivered.

Here’s everything Albanese and Labor promised you – and when you can expect it

Here’s everything we know about the major policies unveiled by Anthony Albanese and Labor – and what you can expect from them in government.

  • Nick Bonyhady and Natassia Chrysanthos

It’s a Morrison slug so awful that Dr Evil would be proud. Labor won’t touch it

The culture-war policy shows the Coalition’s disdain of higher learning and Labor’s timid approach towards reform.

  • Chip Le Grand