Tag: money
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Marriage for Money: The Youth Allowance Loophole
Students are no strangers to being kicked in the guts by successive governments who offer underwhelming changes to what little income support they are entitled to. The latest increase of 6% to Youth Allowance may look good at a glance, until you consider the fact that inflation has breached 7%. There is, however, an additional […]
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UNSW Students to Pay More for Less
By Dylan Lloyd, SRC Education Officer Last week, Education Minister Simon Birmingham announced drastic fee increases and cuts to higher education. This innovative overhaul will see some degrees skyrocket to over $70,000 while the HECS repayment threshold is reduced from $55,874 to just $42,000. It’s never been a more exciting time to be a student. […]
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(Student) Bank Balance Confessions: Going on Exchange, “Living in Deficit”
By Cathy Tan Last week, The Cusp published a spending diary of a 33-year-old Eastern Suburbs woman earning $775 a week. On a Facebook post linking the article, partner site, Junkee, asked: “What does it look like to live week-to-week in Sydney?” Yet, for the writer, living “week-to-week” means soy cappuccinos, throwing Tim Tams […]
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(Student) Bank Balance Confessions: Managing Work While Studying
By Grace Miner Last week, The Cusp published a spending diary of a 33-year-old Eastern Suburbs woman earning $775 a week. On a Facebook post linking the article, partner site, Junkee, asked: “What does it look like to live week-to-week in Sydney?” Yet, for the writer, living “week-to-week” means soy cappuccinos, throwing Tim Tams in […]
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(Student) Bank Balance Confessions: the 27-year-old Commuting from the Hunter and Living on $222.50 of Centrelink a Week
By Cameron Cripps-Kennedy Last week, The Cusp published a spending diary of a 33-year-old Eastern Suburbs woman earning $775 a week. On a Facebook post linking the article, partner site, Junkee, asked: “What does it look like to live week-to-week in Sydney?” Yet, for the writer, living “week-to-week” means soy cappuccinos, throwing Tim Tams in […]
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UNSW Has Highest Retail Prices
There are not many universities in the world that offer such broad selections as are available at the UNSW Kensington campus. The Refectory at University College London is a pitiful basement with menus reminiscent of school lunches –a fact that is compensated by the free Hare Krishna meals offered outside the School of Oriental and […]