Addiction to gambling and other harmful products such as vaping is affecting children’s ability to learn and concentrate at school during a critical time in their brain development, the CEO of the Association of Heads of Independent Schools of Australia, Dr Chris Duncan, has warned. “I’m teaching many kids with chronic mental health issues related…
Australians saddled with stifling HECS debts still fear a plan to wipe $3 billion off student loans isn’t enough to help them. The 2024 federal budget includes a plan to change how student loans are indexed, which will take off roughly $1,200 from the average Aussie’s HECS-HELP debt. Yahoo Finance has been inundated by people…
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Independent MP Monique Ryan is demanding the Federal Government take urgent action to help people still paying off debt more than 20 years after a controversial student loan scheme was scrapped. Under the Student Financial Supplement Scheme (SFSS) that began in 1993, hundreds of thousands of young people were induced to trade in their welfare…
Bruno Mars has apparently run into a huge debt with MGM Casino. The Grammy-winning crooner entered a multi-year residency agreement with MGM Resorts International back in 2016, entailing performances at the Park MGM resort in Las Vegas. However, recent reports suggest a possible strain in the relationship between the 38-year-old artist and the hospitality giant,…
Baseball superstar Shohei Ohtani’s debut for the Los Angeles Dodgers on Wednesday was spoiled by one of the highest-profile gambling scandals in recent history: the revelation of $4.5 million he allegedly paid to an illegal California bookie to cover his translator’s sports-betting debts. While investigating an illegal gambling ring out of Orange County, federal prosecutors…
The snowball method. This well recognised method involves listing all of your debts, from the smallest debt first, regardless of the interest rate it attracts. Loading Moving through the list, start by paying off the smallest debt, then move to the next biggest debt and pay that off, and so on. As debts are paid…
The Australian Taxation Office (ATO) will soon be forced to pay a new tax just to help collect around $50 billion in outstanding tax money owed to the government in the form of post-COVID tax debts, as well as regular receivables, where commercial recovery agents are used to expedite collection. Yep, you read that right.…
How medical debt affects communities Karida Giddings, the healthcare program coordinator for the North Carolina Black Alliance, said medical debt is intertwined with issues including housing disparities and food insecurity. In a meeting, Giddings said she heard about a North Carolina resident who lost partial equity of his house to settle over $20,000 in medical debt…
Those with HECS-HELP debt, and other higher education training loans, will have a 4.7 per cent indexation applied on June 1 but a credit will be applied back to loans once legislation passes later this year. It means someone with the average Australian student debt of $26,494 will owe an extra $1245 or more on…