Media Release - HECS comes to skills

Date published : 19  March  2012 

Prime Minister

Minister for Skills

Media Release

19th March 2012

Up to 60,000 students per year will no longer have to pay upfront fees to undertake vocational education and training.
Finally, VET diploma students will get the same rights that university students have had for years:

  • No upfront fees
  • Access to an interest-free loan to pay for their study.

• Only having to pay that loan back once their income reaches a certain level.

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