Higher Education Contribution Scheme | Wikipedia audio article
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Date: 2019-05-05

This is an audio version of the Wikipedia Article:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tertiary_education_fees_in_Australia


00:02:19 1 History
00:03:53 1.1 Abolition of university fees
00:04:36 1.2 Introduction of HECS
00:05:53 1.3 Howard government reforms - 1996-2012
00:09:33 1.4 2017 changes
00:10:24 2 University fees
00:12:23 3 Commonwealth supported students
00:15:29 3.1 Total Funding
00:15:59 4 Full fee-paying students
00:17:52 5 OS-HELP
00:18:59 6 HELP loans
00:19:09 6.1 HELP loan management
00:20:51 6.2 Repayments
00:23:02 7 See also



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Tertiary education fees in Australia are payable for courses at tertiary education institutions. The central government, also known as the Commonwealth government, provides loans and subsidies to relieve the cost of tertiary education for some students. Some students are supported by the government and are required to pay only part of the cost of tuition, called the "student contribution", and the government pays the balance. Some government supported students can defer payment of their contribution as a HECS-HELP loan. Other domestic students are full fee-paying (non-Commonwealth supported) and do not receive direct government contribution to the cost of their education. Some domestic students in full fee courses can obtain a FEE-HELP loan from the Australian government up to a lifetime limit of $150,000 for medicine, dentistry and veterinary science programs and $104,440 for all other programs.Australian citizens (and in some cases overseas professionals completing bridging studies in order to be accredited permanent residents) are able to obtain interest free loans from the government under the Higher Education Loan Programme (HELP) which replaced the Higher Education Contribution Scheme (HECS). As of April 2016, the amount of money owed to the Australian government under the HECS scheme was AUD$60 billion and is expected to increase to $180 billion by 2026.HELP is jointly administered by the Australian Department of Education and Training and the Australian Taxation Office (ATO). In addition, qualified students may be entitled to Youth Allowance or Austudy Payment to assist them financially while they are studying. These support payments are means and assets tested. Further assistance is available in the form of scholarships. Overseas students are charged fees for the full cost of their education and are ineligible for HELP loans, but may apply for international scholarships.