This Quick Guide provides an overview of higher education student loans that are provided through the Higher Education Loan Program (HELP). It includes: an introduction that provides background to the program types of loans HECS-HELP FEE-HELP OS-HELP SA-HELP VET FEE-HELP student contribution rates repayment arrangements key statistics budget treatment and information on other income-contingent loans...

Executive summary ASIC has a focus on life insurance advice because it is of critical importance to the long-term financial wellbeing of Australian consumers. Life insurance is a key product through which consumers manage risk for themselves and their families. Quality financial advice helps consumers identify their life insurance needs and find appropriate and affordable...

Presents the findings of a review of the Indigenous Status Standard, which provides the basis for the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) to collect Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander statistics. Overview The ABS Indigenous Status Standard which includes the Standard Indigenous Question (SIQ), is used by the ABS and many government and some non-government organisations...

Provides a summary of the development process and the technical specification for the 11 agreed performance indicators that are part of the National Bowel Cancer Screening Program Performance Indicator Set. Summary Cancer contributes significantly to the burden of illness in the Australian community. Bowel cancer is one of the most significant cancer types in terms...

Australians downloaded nearly one million terabytes of data via broadband in the three months to June this year, according to this release.