Tammy Tyrrell (Tasmania, Independent) Share this | Hansard source

My question is for the Minister representing the Minister for Education, Senator Watt. Yesterday the government announced changes to the HELP debts so they won't stop people from getting home loans. There are 50,000 people with HELP debts from Tassie who I'm sure were very pleased to hear it, but the government has made no change to fix a system that's made to punish graduates. A graduate on an average income is paying $2,000 more than they need to all because HELP debts don't count someone's yearly payments before charging interest. Why doesn't the government change the timing on indexation?