I got a fairly sizable hecs debt that took me quite a while to work off. I'm glad folks are getting a bit of help, it really sounds like it should have worked like this since they introduced indexation to hecs to be honest.
Being clear: nobody is getting their debt "wiped out". This isn't a debt forgiveness that you missed out on by already having paid your loan off. The HECS indexation last year resulted in unfair loan interest of 7.1% being applied to debts for 2023. HECS was never intended to do that to people. The "wipe out" is an adjustment of this interest only for last year.
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gumnut@aussie.zone · 23 pts · 2y
Excellent!
veroxii@aussie.zone · 9 pts · 2y
Yeah that's pretty good especially for people who made extra payments that year.
Aurenkin@sh.itjust.works · 6 pts · 2y
I got a fairly sizable hecs debt that took me quite a while to work off. I'm glad folks are getting a bit of help, it really sounds like it should have worked like this since they introduced indexation to hecs to be honest.
Nath@aussie.zone · 2 pts · 2y
Being clear: nobody is getting their debt "wiped out". This isn't a debt forgiveness that you missed out on by already having paid your loan off. The HECS indexation last year resulted in unfair loan interest of 7.1% being applied to debts for 2023. HECS was never intended to do that to people. The "wipe out" is an adjustment of this interest only for last year.
slazer2au@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 2y
Good
autotldr@lemmings.world · 0 pts · 2y
This is the best summary I could come up with:
"This will wipe out what happened last year and make sure it never happens again," he said.
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BNE@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 3 pts · 2y
Good bot!