The government’s student loan policy, the Higher Education Contribution Scheme, now known as HECS-HELP, first began back in 1989. Anyone aged over 23 at the time is now 60 or older, and retirement is squarely on their radar. But while a vast majority have since paid off their debts, some are now retiring without having cleared…
A former professional rugby league player says gambling company employees offered to secure him illicit drugs to “strengthen” their relationship when he was in the grips of a financially crippling wagering addiction. Luke Bateman, 31, who had losses of “tens of thousands of dollars a month” at the peak of his problem gambling, gave evidence…
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Businessman Yoshitaka Watabe could scarcely believe what he was seeing on the smartphone screen. It said that his textile products wholesale company in Yahaba, Iwate Prefecture, had gone out of business. As a senior executive, he knew that nothing of the sort had happened. His company was operating as usual. The phone, held out to…
A federal appeals court has cleared the way for approximately 450,000 student loan borrowers to receive debt relief after years of legal battles over a federal protection designed to help those defrauded by their colleges. The ruling, issued on July 17 in the case Sweet v. McMahon, resolves a class-action lawsuit that has spanned three…
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Foreign aid disbursements to Bangladesh fell in the last fiscal year while repayments on external debt continued to rise, reducing the country’s net inflow of foreign funds, shows government data. Total foreign aid disbursements fell 5.8 percent year-on-year to $8.07 billion in fiscal year 2025-26 from $8.57 billion a year earlier, according to provisional data…
EAU CLAIRE, Wis. (WEAU) -A $23 billion class-action settlement with the Department of Education could result in debt forgiveness for 450,000 student loan borrowers following years of legal disputes spanning three presidential terms. The plaintiffs argued their schools misled them with false promises that their education would lead to higher earnings, transferable credits and stable…
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There are speeches that contradict themselves through their own inconsistency. Take that of Samir Abdelhafidh, Minister of Economy and Planning. On Wednesday, in the hushed chamber of the Assembly of People’s Representatives, he delivered a passionate defense of the government’s economic policy. Yet, at that very moment, in the same hall sanctified by democracy, lawmakers…