State Rep. Corey Paris speaks during a meeting of the Relief for Connecticut Borrowers Working Group on July 29, 2025. Credit: Jamil Ragland / CTNewsJunkie HARTFORD, CT — A bipartisan group of Connecticut legislators, state officials and advocates is seeking ways to provide relief for the more than 500,000 state residents burdened by student loan…
The government has introduced its bill to reduce student debt. Photo: Australian National University. The Federal Government has fired the starter’s gun on the business schedule for the new parliament by introducing its legislation to cut student debt. Labor’s bill seeks to cut 20 per cent off all higher education student debts, with the aim…
The photo shows frontline soldiers stationed along the border with Thailand, taken in Oddar Meanchey on July 2. Photo: Sem Vanna PHNOM PENH – The National Bank of Cambodia (NBC) has urged banking and financial institutions to consider financial relief for frontline soldiers and civilians affected by the five days of Cambodia-Thai military clashes. The…
HECS debt relief nears as Labor eyes further uni reform Hunter Valley News Read the original article here
The Universities Accord (Cutting Student Debt by 20 Per Cent) Bill is an admission of abject failure by the Albanese government—failure to control inflation, failure to protect young Australians from Labor’s shocking cost-of-living crisis, failure to deliver a student loan scheme which is fair for all and failure to show any regard for the…
Brokers are being urged to remain alert to dishonest credit repair and debt management organisations to help better protect their clients. ASIC recently announced a review into the credit repair and debt management sector following reports of dishonest practices. The exploitation of vulnerable customers is being weeded out by the regulator after it claimed some…
Laura remembers the day she decided to leave an abusive relationship. It was January 2020. She was on holiday with her former partner and recalls him getting physically violent in front of their children. “He hit me that day,” Laura recalls. Laura is not her real name. ABC News has had to conceal her identity…
This is a very important amendment to this bill. It has the effect of capping HELP indexation at three per cent. This would mean that HELP indexation would change to the lower CPI or three per cent, ensuring that everyone with a student debt, including future students signing up for a HELP loan, would…
The Albanese government’s landmark student debt relief bill has cleared the House of Representatives, bringing long-awaited financial relief for more than three million Australians one step closer to reality. The legislation, which proposes a 20 per cent reduction in student loan debt and a significant increase to the repayment threshold, was passed with support from…
A debt consolidation loan may be a good idea if you’re looking to reduce the costs of multiple loans, streamline your repayment process and get on top of your debt. Personal loans used as debt consolidation loans typically offer better interest rates compared to credit cards and payday loans. For instance, if you have three…