“With indexation on top of my debt every year, it scares me to look at it, really. It’s like, ‘how much do I owe now?’,” she said.
Foster recently took a loan to buy a home unit and says her HELP debt adds to her sense of financial stress.
Primary school teacher Maddy Foster says her student debt is always at the back of her mind. Credit: Steven Siewert
“I feel like I’m just swimming in debt at this point, and I don’t know when I won’t be swimming in debt, to be honest,” she said.
“It is frustrating just thinking about it. I love this career … but with the cost of living and how much has been already added on to the HECS debt, I’m definitely not going to be able to pay it off as quickly as I was planning.”
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