Category: Finance
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Study, work, worry, repeat: financial hardship is consuming university students
The rising cost-of-living is placing pressure on everyone, but university students are more vulnerable than most.
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Of pizza and politics: the disconnect between small business owners and politics
Small business owners are disconnected from politics, but it’s not entirely their fault.
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Report finds nearly half of young Australians feel robbed of their youth
A recent report has revealed young people in Australia feel they are missing out on their youth due to increased pressures such as the cost-of-living crisis.
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Used car prices are falling: what does this mean for young people?
Last year, OTR reported a shortage of used cars on the market within young people’s budgets. Now, used car prices are falling for the first time since the COVID-19 pandemic began. Is now a good time for young people to buy? OTR journalist Alana Pahor investigates.
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Your student debt increases by 7.1 per cent today: what is being done politically and how will it affect you?
The 7.1 per cent indexation rate for HECS-HELP is an added stressor for many university students and graduates following recent record inflation and cost-of-living pressures. OTR journalist Robert Hicks asks experts and political parties how this indexation will affect students, and what they are planning to do — or not do.
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How does the 2023-24 Budget impact young Australians?
Federal Treasurer Jim Chalmers has handed down his second budget aimed at striking a balance between “responsible and affordable” amid rising living costs, but what’s in it for young people?
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