June 29, 2026 at 7:57 AM
August 4, 2026 at 6:27 AM
Almost 3 million 🇦🇺 woke up today owing more on their HECS debt.
The HECS system is broken, and the only way we can force change is by applying pressure on the govt.
Join my campaign. www.moniqueryan.com.au/fix-hecs
The HECS system is broken, and the only way we can force change is by applying pressure on the govt.
Join my campaign. www.moniqueryan.com.au/fix-hecs
June 1, 2026 at 8:34 AM
Almost 3 million 🇦🇺 woke up today owing more on their HECS debt.
The HECS system is broken, and the only way we can force change is by applying pressure on the govt.
Join my campaign. www.moniqueryan.com.au/fix-hecs
The HECS system is broken, and the only way we can force change is by applying pressure on the govt.
Join my campaign. www.moniqueryan.com.au/fix-hecs
Almost 3 million Australians have HECS debts: they’ll increase today. Compulsory payments made this year towards that debt won’t be counted before indexation is applied.
We wouldn’t put up with this on our credit cards or home loans. We need to fix HECS.
We wouldn’t put up with this on our credit cards or home loans. We need to fix HECS.
Students would save $3bn over a decade if Labor changed Hecs indexation date by five months
Exclusive: Costings commissioned by independent MP Monique Ryan show possible savings for university graduates, as Hecs debts increase by $1bn on Monday
www.theguardian.com
May 31, 2026 at 8:49 PM
Almost 3 million Australians have HECS debts: they’ll increase today. Compulsory payments made this year towards that debt won’t be counted before indexation is applied.
We wouldn’t put up with this on our credit cards or home loans. We need to fix HECS.
We wouldn’t put up with this on our credit cards or home loans. We need to fix HECS.
The Australian Government makes more money from HECS repayments than it does from the Petroleum Resource Rent Tax.
Read more here: https://australiainstitute.org.au/post/in-2023-24-australians-paid-more-than-4-times-on-hecs-help-than-gas-companies-did-on-prrt/
Read more here: https://australiainstitute.org.au/post/in-2023-24-australians-paid-more-than-4-times-on-hecs-help-than-gas-companies-did-on-prrt/
December 26, 2025 at 8:43 PM
The Australian Government makes more money from HECS repayments than it does from the Petroleum Resource Rent Tax.
Read more here: https://australiainstitute.org.au/post/in-2023-24-australians-paid-more-than-4-times-on-hecs-help-than-gas-companies-did-on-prrt/
Read more here: https://australiainstitute.org.au/post/in-2023-24-australians-paid-more-than-4-times-on-hecs-help-than-gas-companies-did-on-prrt/
The Australian Government makes more money from HECS repayments than it does from the Petroleum Resource Rent Tax.
Read more here: https://australiainstitute.org.au/post/in-2023-24-australians-paid-more-than-4-times-on-hecs-help-than-gas-companies-did-on-prrt/
Read more here: https://australiainstitute.org.au/post/in-2023-24-australians-paid-more-than-4-times-on-hecs-help-than-gas-companies-did-on-prrt/
June 27, 2026 at 9:55 PM
The Australian Government makes more money from HECS repayments than it does from the Petroleum Resource Rent Tax.
Read more here: https://australiainstitute.org.au/post/in-2023-24-australians-paid-more-than-4-times-on-hecs-help-than-gas-companies-did-on-prrt/
Read more here: https://australiainstitute.org.au/post/in-2023-24-australians-paid-more-than-4-times-on-hecs-help-than-gas-companies-did-on-prrt/
$80K HECs debt is an unbearable weight to put on young people. #SundayShot
March 22, 2025 at 10:57 PM
$80K HECs debt is an unbearable weight to put on young people. #SundayShot
“Australia is continuing to collect more revenue from HECS fees than it gets from the PRRT."
- Richard Denniss, Executive Director
In 2023-24 Australian HECS/HELP revenue rose to $5.1bn while PRRT fell to less than a quarter that amount to just $1.1bn. @richarddenniss.bsky.social #auspol
- Richard Denniss, Executive Director
In 2023-24 Australian HECS/HELP revenue rose to $5.1bn while PRRT fell to less than a quarter that amount to just $1.1bn. @richarddenniss.bsky.social #auspol
July 23, 2025 at 7:04 AM
“Australia is continuing to collect more revenue from HECS fees than it gets from the PRRT."
- Richard Denniss, Executive Director
In 2023-24 Australian HECS/HELP revenue rose to $5.1bn while PRRT fell to less than a quarter that amount to just $1.1bn. @richarddenniss.bsky.social #auspol
- Richard Denniss, Executive Director
In 2023-24 Australian HECS/HELP revenue rose to $5.1bn while PRRT fell to less than a quarter that amount to just $1.1bn. @richarddenniss.bsky.social #auspol
The Australian Government makes more money from HECS repayments than it does from the Petroleum Resource Rent Tax.
Join the call for a national plebiscite: https://gas-plebiscite.australiainstitute.org.au
Join the call for a national plebiscite: https://gas-plebiscite.australiainstitute.org.au
September 11, 2026 at 9:43 PM
The Australian Government makes more money from HECS repayments than it does from the Petroleum Resource Rent Tax.
Join the call for a national plebiscite: https://gas-plebiscite.australiainstitute.org.au
Join the call for a national plebiscite: https://gas-plebiscite.australiainstitute.org.au
Australia collects more revenue from HECS than from the Petroleum Resource Rent Tax.
It’s time to increase the PRRT so that gas companies pay their fair share. Sign and share > theaus.in/increasePRRT
It’s time to increase the PRRT so that gas companies pay their fair share. Sign and share > theaus.in/increasePRRT
March 18, 2025 at 4:55 AM
Australia collects more revenue from HECS than from the Petroleum Resource Rent Tax.
It’s time to increase the PRRT so that gas companies pay their fair share. Sign and share > theaus.in/increasePRRT
It’s time to increase the PRRT so that gas companies pay their fair share. Sign and share > theaus.in/increasePRRT
The Australian Government makes more money from HECS repayments than it does from the Petroleum Resource Rent Tax.
Read more here: https://australiainstitute.org.au/post/in-2023-24-australians-paid-more-than-4-times-on-hecs-help-than-gas-companies-did-on-prrt/
Read more here: https://australiainstitute.org.au/post/in-2023-24-australians-paid-more-than-4-times-on-hecs-help-than-gas-companies-did-on-prrt/
March 18, 2026 at 12:12 AM
The Australian Government makes more money from HECS repayments than it does from the Petroleum Resource Rent Tax.
Read more here: https://australiainstitute.org.au/post/in-2023-24-australians-paid-more-than-4-times-on-hecs-help-than-gas-companies-did-on-prrt/
Read more here: https://australiainstitute.org.au/post/in-2023-24-australians-paid-more-than-4-times-on-hecs-help-than-gas-companies-did-on-prrt/
Like Senator Jacqui Lambie says, it's pretty simple.
Big Gas is Taking the Piss.
Australia collects more revenue from HECS than from the Petroleum Resource Rent Tax.
#auspol
Big Gas is Taking the Piss.
Australia collects more revenue from HECS than from the Petroleum Resource Rent Tax.
#auspol
March 27, 2025 at 12:56 AM
Like Senator Jacqui Lambie says, it's pretty simple.
Big Gas is Taking the Piss.
Australia collects more revenue from HECS than from the Petroleum Resource Rent Tax.
#auspol
Big Gas is Taking the Piss.
Australia collects more revenue from HECS than from the Petroleum Resource Rent Tax.
#auspol
It’s in no one’s interest for the HECS system to remain broken. In the face of considerable pressure, the government is taking small steps to fix it. It must do more – and quickly. The young people of Australia are watching.
www.thenewdaily.com.au/news/politic...
www.thenewdaily.com.au/news/politic...
HECS reforms: more needs to be done – and quickly
The Morrison government's Job-Ready Graduates program means Albanese's HECS reforms only scratch the surface of the problem.
www.thenewdaily.com.au
July 25, 2025 at 12:28 AM
It’s in no one’s interest for the HECS system to remain broken. In the face of considerable pressure, the government is taking small steps to fix it. It must do more – and quickly. The young people of Australia are watching.
www.thenewdaily.com.au/news/politic...
www.thenewdaily.com.au/news/politic...
"In 2023, Richard Denniss shocked the National Press Club when he pointed out that the federal government collected more in HECS-HELP student loan repayments ($4.9 bn) than it did from the petroleum resource rent tax ($2.2 bn)." – Graeme Turner in Crikey.
australiainstitute.org.au/post/in-2023...
australiainstitute.org.au/post/in-2023...
July 4, 2025 at 2:09 AM
"In 2023, Richard Denniss shocked the National Press Club when he pointed out that the federal government collected more in HECS-HELP student loan repayments ($4.9 bn) than it did from the petroleum resource rent tax ($2.2 bn)." – Graeme Turner in Crikey.
australiainstitute.org.au/post/in-2023...
australiainstitute.org.au/post/in-2023...
Ahead of next week, remember budgets are all about choices.
Right now the govt is choosing to have people on HECS/HELP pay 4 times more than gas companies do on PRRT. @jack-thrower.bsky.social has the numbers #OffTheCharts
australiainstitute.org.au/post/in-2023...
Right now the govt is choosing to have people on HECS/HELP pay 4 times more than gas companies do on PRRT. @jack-thrower.bsky.social has the numbers #OffTheCharts
australiainstitute.org.au/post/in-2023...
March 19, 2025 at 1:11 AM
Ahead of next week, remember budgets are all about choices.
Right now the govt is choosing to have people on HECS/HELP pay 4 times more than gas companies do on PRRT. @jack-thrower.bsky.social has the numbers #OffTheCharts
australiainstitute.org.au/post/in-2023...
Right now the govt is choosing to have people on HECS/HELP pay 4 times more than gas companies do on PRRT. @jack-thrower.bsky.social has the numbers #OffTheCharts
australiainstitute.org.au/post/in-2023...
#auspol
HECS v PRRT
HECS v PRRT
The Australian Government makes more money from HECS repayments than it does from the Petroleum Resource Rent Tax.
Read more here: https://australiainstitute.org.au/post/in-2023-24-australians-paid-more-than-4-times-on-hecs-help-than-gas-companies-did-on-prrt/
Read more here: https://australiainstitute.org.au/post/in-2023-24-australians-paid-more-than-4-times-on-hecs-help-than-gas-companies-did-on-prrt/
December 26, 2025 at 10:36 PM
#auspol
HECS v PRRT
HECS v PRRT
(also end hecs debt)
April 24, 2024 at 7:58 AM
(also end hecs debt)
“By forgiving HECS debt and reinstating free public education, Australia can address systemic inequities, strengthen its economy, and reaffirm education as a public good.”
theaimn.com/hecs-debt-fo...
theaimn.com/hecs-debt-fo...
HECS Debt Forgiveness: Path to Free Education - The AIM Network
By Denis Hay Description Explore why HECS debt forgiveness and reinstating free public education can reshape Australia’s future, using monetary sovereignty for equity. Introduction Australia’s HECS de...
theaimn.com
November 23, 2024 at 1:20 AM
“By forgiving HECS debt and reinstating free public education, Australia can address systemic inequities, strengthen its economy, and reaffirm education as a public good.”
theaimn.com/hecs-debt-fo...
theaimn.com/hecs-debt-fo...
Yesterday’s Intergenerational Report projected that 14% of student debt will never be repaid - that many young Australians will be burdened by HECS debt throughout their working lives.
www.theaustralian.com.au
September 22, 2026 at 5:34 AM
Yesterday’s Intergenerational Report projected that 14% of student debt will never be repaid - that many young Australians will be burdened by HECS debt throughout their working lives.
There has only ever been one Australian prime minister who supported free university education.
Gough Whitlam
Gough introduced it in 1974.
Bob Hawke got rid of it in 1989, by introducing HECS. #auspol
Gough Whitlam
Gough introduced it in 1974.
Bob Hawke got rid of it in 1989, by introducing HECS. #auspol
September 25, 2026 at 11:17 PM
There has only ever been one Australian prime minister who supported free university education.
Gough Whitlam
Gough introduced it in 1974.
Bob Hawke got rid of it in 1989, by introducing HECS. #auspol
Gough Whitlam
Gough introduced it in 1974.
Bob Hawke got rid of it in 1989, by introducing HECS. #auspol
I can tell I'm a fricken LOSER because I keep buying the books the readings are taken from. they should actually let me do that on HECS.
September 22, 2026 at 10:14 AM
I can tell I'm a fricken LOSER because I keep buying the books the readings are taken from. they should actually let me do that on HECS.
Happy HECS reduction day to all who participate 🥳😋
December 12, 2024 at 1:54 AM
Happy HECS reduction day to all who participate 🥳😋
Labor's final sitting week checklist
Work w Coalition to rush through:
🟥Donation reforms benefitting the majors
🟥Draconian migration bills
🟥<16 social media ban
🟥Refuse to deal w Greens. Scupper enviro deal
🟥Vote against wiping HECS by 20%. Post memes about wiping HECS by 20%
Anything I missed?
Work w Coalition to rush through:
🟥Donation reforms benefitting the majors
🟥Draconian migration bills
🟥<16 social media ban
🟥Refuse to deal w Greens. Scupper enviro deal
🟥Vote against wiping HECS by 20%. Post memes about wiping HECS by 20%
Anything I missed?
A whole new level of bastardry here: Albanese undermining his own minister and stopping necessary environmental reform *because it involves the Greens*.
Albanese “has personally intervened to scupper a deal” with the Greens over an environmental reform promised last election… circumventing his own environment minister, Tanya Plibersek, who had been negotiating “for months and was close to striking a deal”.
Yikes.
www.theage.com.au/politics/fed...
Yikes.
www.theage.com.au/politics/fed...
November 27, 2024 at 5:48 AM
Labor's final sitting week checklist
Work w Coalition to rush through:
🟥Donation reforms benefitting the majors
🟥Draconian migration bills
🟥<16 social media ban
🟥Refuse to deal w Greens. Scupper enviro deal
🟥Vote against wiping HECS by 20%. Post memes about wiping HECS by 20%
Anything I missed?
Work w Coalition to rush through:
🟥Donation reforms benefitting the majors
🟥Draconian migration bills
🟥<16 social media ban
🟥Refuse to deal w Greens. Scupper enviro deal
🟥Vote against wiping HECS by 20%. Post memes about wiping HECS by 20%
Anything I missed?
Education in Australia should be free.
Raising the rates of uni courses while pretending to lower the HECS debts is just moving the deck chairs.
Raising the rates of uni courses while pretending to lower the HECS debts is just moving the deck chairs.
July 27, 2025 at 7:51 AM
Education in Australia should be free.
Raising the rates of uni courses while pretending to lower the HECS debts is just moving the deck chairs.
Raising the rates of uni courses while pretending to lower the HECS debts is just moving the deck chairs.