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Dear Minister, HECS is a necessity

Dear Minister, HECS is a necessity

Open letter to the Minister for Education, the Hon. Dan Tehan MP Dear Mr Tehan, The recent legislation to axe the student HECS loan for students who fail 50 per cent of their units in their first year of university is an ill-judged decision. Most students in Australia...

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