The decision of the Australian Government to cut student debts has been welcomed by the Independent Tertiary Education Council Australia (ITECA), the peak body representing independent skills training, higher education, and international education providers. The Australian Government will cap the higher education HELP indexation rate at the lower of either the Consumer Price Index (CPI)…
So, is there any truth to the recent media report about mega star Bruno Mars being up to his eyeballs in gambling debt with MGM – to the tune of $50 million even? MGM says it’s all false. Putting the rumor about the Silk Sonic member to bed once and for all, MGM Resorts International…
More than three million Australians are expected to have their student debt cut in the federal budget as a part of measures to ease cost of living pressures. Education minister Jason Clare said the decision would wipe about $3 billion in higher education loans, after loans increased by 7.1 per cent last year as a…
Los Angeles Dodgers star Shohei Ohtani said he was “very saddened and shocked” in his first public statement since his interpreter, Ippei Mizuhara, was fired from the Dodgers amidst media reports of Mizhurara’s alleged illegal gambling and theft. At least $4.5 million in wire transfers from Ohtani’s bank account was sent through wire transfers to…
Labor has announced changes to the way Hecs and Help student debts are indexed, with the change likely to deliver a saving to most debtors. The new approach will use the lower of either the consumer price index (CPI) or the wage price index (WPI) to calculate the indexation amount. This replaces the old method…
Bruno Mars owes $50 million in gambling debt? Casino breaks silence Bruno Mars’ gambling debt reports are seemingly false. On Monday, the MGM Resorts told TMZ that the 38-year-old singer “doesn’t have a $50 million gambling tab on the books with them.” Their statement comes after a paper named NewsNation reported that Bruno is in…
Nicole from Sydney was out with friends when she found out the federal government had made changes to the way HECS or HELP loans were indexed. She was shocked, and not in a good way. “My gut dropped because I’d just paid off $36,000.” Nicole’s student debt was affecting her ability to buy her first…
Bruno Mars owed out of casino debt Bruno Mars was never in debt. Any claim about the singer owing money to anyone have been debunked by the casino’s management themselves. MGM Resorts sided with Bruno Mars Monday after the singer was allegedly called indebted to the casino. A report from NewsNation last week claimed that…
Deputy Greens Leader and spokesperson for Higher Education, Senator Mehreen Faruqi, has responded to Labor’s bill that was introduced today claiming to wipe $3 billion of student debt. The bill is nothing more than a mirage to give the impression that the Labor government is wiping student debt, when in fact it will have little…
Fans of singer Bruno Mars were left biting their nails after reports claimed that the star worked up a multi-million gambling debt. News reports alleged that the 38-year-old Grammy-winning star had amassed a staggering $50 million debt through gambling activities at the Las Vegas casino where he signed a multi-year residency deal back in 2016.Now,…