Australians who lost welfare under 1990s student loan scheme have cause for class action, expert says

Andrew Grech says action could be pursued if implications of SFSS loans were misrepresented to people when they signed up

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Recipients of a dumped welfare scheme that enticed low-income students to trade away their right to welfare have cause to mount a class action, a senior legal expert says.

The Australian government is still chasing $2bn of debt from more than 140,000 former students who signed up to the student financial supplement scheme (SFSS).

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