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Debt Mediators Australia is an Australia-based company that mediates between creditors and indebted consumers. The company helps people reduce, consolidate, and pay off debt while minimizing the consequences of unpaid debt. Many of their clients are $30,000 or more in debt, and many clients are teens and people in their early twenties.

According to company spokesman Ben Paris, the company advises 25,000 young people a year who are experiencing financial distress because of debt. Paris is frequently cited as an expert in Generation Y debt issues. For instance, in 44 Letters from the Liquid World by Zygmunt Bauman, Paris is quoted as saying that many "young people 'borrow way beyond their means.'" About young people drowning in debt, Paris was quoted on 60 Minutes as saying, "They're not going to be able to afford kids. They're not going to be able to afford a home, and more than likely they're going to be on a pension." The Bulletin quotes Paris as blaming a “credit-based lifestyle” for the surprising amount of debt that many people are in, in Australia. The Brisbane Times quoted Paris as saying, "Everyone's keeping up with the Joneses, but the Joneses can't even afford it."

Several of the company’s clients have been on the news--to discuss how they got in debt and how they got out of debt with the help of Debt Mediators Australia.