Federal Budget 2024: Treasurer Jim Chalmers flags support for student debts, unpaid placements

Students and recent graduates saddled with ballooning debts and those partaking in placements for subjects like teaching and nursing are in line for relief in the upcoming federal budget. Speaking to reporters in Canberra, Treasurer Jim Chalmers hinted at measures designed to ease education costs at a time of heightened inflationary pressures. “Whether HECS relief,…

ASIC ‘confirmed’ solvency of insolvent company paid to build Wagga public housing, Homes NSW says

NSW Housing Minister Rose Jackson says the NSW Building Commissioner is investigating Homes NSW paying an insolvent builder to construct public housing in Wagga. Photo: Facebook. The Federal Government business regulator “confirmed” a company chosen to build public housing in Wagga “was solvent” at a time it was actually insolvent, according to the NSW Government…

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