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To pay or not to pay — that is the question. When your income is high enough to trigger compulsory repayments of your Higher Education Loan Program (HECS-HELP) debt, should you be rushing to pay it off as quickly as possible or just pay the minimum amount?

Student debt: pay off now or later?

Debt and the gender gap

Gender credit gap puts women on top when it comes to paying debts.

Don't get too comfortable with your debt

Don't get too comfortable with that debt — it might just stop you from paying it off. By Allison Tait

Champagne debt in Australia

Champagne debt is fast becoming a reality in Australia. Plenty of Gen Ys are enjoying the bubbles, at least for the moment. But when the champagne goes flat, they will find themselves up to their eyeballs (or is that highballs?) in debt.

Deep in debt? Help's at hand

Gillian Bullock reports on the wealth of information available to help you stay out of financial trouble.

Are you a financial 'drama queen'?

Life would be boring without a drama now and then — but are your finances becoming a soap opera (same old story, one-dimensional, addictive)? It's time to take the melodrama out of your money situation.

Am I better off paying HECS upfront?

Paul Clitheroe weighs up the pros and cons of paying HECS upfront as thousands of students prepare for university.

Five steps to financial success

Pam Walkley has five steps for getting in shape now.

How kids can avoid the debt trap

Prepaid mobile phones, putting loose change in a jar at the end of the day, using lay-by instead of credit and identifying savings goals are just some of the things teenagers should be taught so they avoid facing debt problems later in life, reports Gillian Bullock.

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