{
  "id": 62485,
  "title": "A new generation of people are retiring with HECS/HELP debt. Expect more to join them",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/02/a-new-generation-of-people-are-retiring-with-hecs-help-debt-expect",
  "topic": "finance",
  "section": "Finance & Markets",
  "published": "2026-08-02T23:25:12.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Crikey",
    "slug": "crikey",
    "url": "https://www.crikey.com.au/2026/08/03/hecs-help-debt-retirement-university-loans/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "More and more people are beginning to retire while still owing repayments on their student loans. With higher course fees and bloated interest rate repayments, things will only get worse. The post A new generation of people are retiring with HECS/HELP debt. Expect more to join them appeared first on Crikey .",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}