QUOTE(teikwing @ May 4 2017, 04:50 PM)
I don't quite get it - under the proposed new ruling, now that PRs are eligible for HECS which is equivalent to a deferred loan (repayment shall kicks in post grad + hits income threshold), the bad & rotten ones can still pack up & head back to home country once grad without repaying no?
as a bone fide pr, there is no question the former system is preferred compared to the newly proposed system....if a pr is thinking of scamming the system like in the past, i am sure they will put some checks in place...
for those who only work temporary elsewhere and eventually return to oz, it is not that much of an issue, the oz gov will eventually get the money back...
for those who intend to leave permanently after, yes, they may put in some controls like soony suggested...to discourage such people...
in any case, there is as yet inadequate information on how this is going to work out...and a strong possibility the gov may not be able to get this past the senate, maybe even the lower house....