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Thanks ATO for reducing my HELP by $522.51. Now I only owe -checks notes- $11,668.75. still $1,200 more than the actual loan. ๐
Edit: actually reminds me of the story my dad tells of the only protest he ever attended on purpose: protesting HECS/HELP (HEAC) in the 80s lol. He was at RMIT, near Melb Central (still being built, twas a massive pit in the ground), and went to the sit in protest, I think out the front of Parliament House. I mean, it didn't work, but thanks anyway Dad! ๐
Would have been nicer if they refunded the difference they took out of our pay packets.
Lol! As if! ๐
Besides, the jokes on them at the moment; I'm not working ๐
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SvblfLtGpKs
The best bit happens at 40 seconds, where you might recognise a protesting student who would grow up to be a future LNP treasurer. ๐