Works at University of Queensland. Strat planning, data analysis, higher ed policy, social research (and lots of non work related things). Views are my own.
@redruby17@john_c0nner Have you done it in the direction of the peak hour commute? I suspect it could be standing room only depending upon which station you get it from.
#BREAKING: The Coalition has announced it will oppose the government's bill to limit the number of international students able to enrol from next year, just weeks out from when the caps were meant to come into force. https://t.co/iUUjuT4Avc
Putting aside whether there should be caps or not, the implementation plans for this are a mess. If the bill doesn't got through I doubt it will be the last we hear of it, but lets hope a more sensible approach can be worked through
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@redruby17 It’s in our big public hospitals that you will find cutting edge treatments and clinical research projects. The private system is mostly for elective surgery. If I had a stroke or heart attack in bris I would want to be going to somewhere like the PA.
For those thinking about the changes to HELP repayment rates today, I found these interesting stats in the depths of the internet. Includes stats on average time to repay and outstanding debt levels https://t.co/LtLeGzedQt
@ByronStol@DrDemography The good thing about the HELP system is that someone in your circumstance will never have to pay it off and you will now only have to make repayments if you earn over $67k. The system is designed to protect people in your situation
Trying to think thru the pros/cons of a % cut instead of a $ cut. Putting aside those caught up in the $16k JRG rates (who need debt relief) I wonder if the biggest relief will go to recent MBA, medicine, PG law grads who may have large debts but also have high earning potential
@s_palm@DrDemography Has the net present value increased when the indexation is CPI/WPI? Isn't the $600 you save on the annual repayments worth more if it's sitting against a mortgage/car loan/high interest account?
@MarkLWarburton I couldn't find any info on how its calculated. So are you saying the current time to repay is actually much longer because the 9.9 years is skewed by people who paid their's off in the 90s/early 2000s?
@s_palm@DrDemography Biggest outstanding issue though is the JRG $16k a year student contributions for business and humanities. Still waiting for the government to tackle that one.
@s_palm@DrDemography The move to marginal rates is a good one. No more going backwards in net wages after a payrise. Extending the life of the loan is not great with banks now having to treat it like a car loan/credit card debt when assessing for mortgages. That seems dumb and should be changed.