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Bill Shorten via sendgrid.info 

10:04 AM (23 minutes ago)

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Neville,
When I was at uni, the HECS scheme was first introduced. It meant I had to pay $1800 towards my degree — whenever I could afford it.

Under Tony Abbott’s scheme, the same would have cost $146,133 including interest and taken more than 12 years to repay.

In a moment I’ll release the next stage of our campaign against the deregulation of university fees. Using brand new research by NATSEM at the University of Canberra, we’ve built this calculator so you can find out how much a degree will cost you under Tony Abbott’s scheme:

http://www.nodebtsentence.org/calculate

I’m grateful that I had the opportunity to go to university. But many Year 12 students sitting down right now to do their final exams won’t be able to afford the same opportunity — as I couldn’t have under Tony Abbott’s scheme.

I know that’s not the Australia you want to see: our new NoDebtSentence website has been flooded with visitors (84,000 hits in the first 24 hours), and almost 70,000 of you have signed our petition. We need to keep the momentum going. On TV millions have seen our ad explaining the plans Tony Abbott has for our universities, and asking them to stand with us to stop the deregulation of uni fees.

Could you afford to go to university under Tony Abbott? Click here to use our new calculator showing Australians the awful truth — degrees for the rich only.

Thanks for standing with me on this,
Bill

PS — Please take a moment to share the calculator with your friends and family if you believe that going to uni should depend on your ability, not your parents’ bank balance.

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