Failing University Students to Lose Financial Help: Australian Education Minister

Failing University Students to Lose Financial Help: Australian Education Minister
Shadow Immigration Minister Dan Tehan speaks at the National Press Club in Canberra, on Aug. 28, 2019. Rohan Thomson/AAP Images via AP
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University students who flunk half of their first-year courses could lose financial support under a federal government proposal to curb soaring HELP debts.

The government has its sight set on students who amass debts by over-enrolling in subjects, sometimes at multiple institutions.