university fees

Young women at Australian universities are set to benefit from new government announcements to provide financial support throughout their studies and beyond.

Young people will soon have thousands of dollars added to their student debt, with HECS debts set to rise by 7.1 per cent on June 1.

Education Minister Dan Tehan issued a proposal to pull government fee support from students who fail more than half their subjects in first year.

Proposed tertiary reforms show that the Federal Government is again implementing significant policy change without conducting a gendered impact analysis.