Coalition Concerned More Failing University Students Will Be Laden With Unnecessary Debt

Coalition Concerned More Failing University Students Will Be Laden With Unnecessary Debt
Students and family pose for photographs ahead of their graduation ceremony at the Royal Festival Hall in London on July 15, 2014. Dan Kitwood/Getty Images
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Australia’s opposition parties have raised concerns that the federal government’s plan to scrap the 50 percent pass rule will leave more Australians saddled with unnecessary student debt.

The Albanese Labor government announced on July 19 that it would abolish the rule requiring students to pass at least half of their attempted units in order to remain eligible for taxpayer-funded HECS loans.