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• Higher Education Legislation Amendment Bill (No. 2) 2004

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  22 Jun 2004 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Education, Science and Training 

  Summary

  Amends the:

  Higher Education Funding Act 1988

  in relation to funding levels for certain purposes;

  Higher Education Support Act 2003

  in relation to: higher education provider eligibility; funding and grant levels for certain purposes, including: a new Australian Maritime College campus at Point Nepean, Victoria; a new medical school at the University of Western Sydney; additional medical school places at James Cook University, Queensland; additional nursing places; continued transitional assistance for certain regional tertiary institutions for research purposes; guidelines for certain purposes; definition of “course of study” to include combined and double degrees; Commonwealth scholarships; citizenship and residency requirements for certain student assistance; appropriate administration of FEE-HELP for Open Learning Australia (OLA) students; compliance of OLA with quality and accountability requirements;

  Higher Education Support (Transitional Provisions and Consequential Amendments) Act 2003

  in relation to the definition of “institution”; and

  Australian National University Act 1991

  to enable the Australian National University to comply with the National Governance Protocols. Also makes consequential amendments to the

  Income Tax Assessment Act 1936

  and contains transitional provisions. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Higher Education Legislation Amendment Bill (No. 2) 2002

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  20 Feb 2002 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Education, Science and Training 

  Summary

  Amends the:

  Higher Education Funding Act 1988

  in relation to: funding levels for certain purposes; consistent accountability requirements in relation to grants; removal of requirement for institutions to send a ‘notice of liability’ to overseas fee-paying students; name change of Batchelor College to Batchelor Institute of Indigenous Tertiary Education; application of taxation legislation; and correction of a drafting oversight in relation to the Post-graduate Education Loan Scheme; and

  Australian Research Council Act 2001

  in relation to: funding caps for certain purposes; Ministerial approval of research projects for 4 years; and creation of advisory committees by the Australian Research Council Board. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Higher Education Legislation Amendment Bill (No. 1) 2002

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  14 Feb 2002 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Education, Science and Training 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Higher Education Funding Act 1988

  to establish the Bridging for Overseas-Trained Professionals Loan Scheme to assist overseas trained professionals to cover the costs of bridging training. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Higher Education Legislation Amendment (Workplace Relations Requirements) Bill 2005

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  23 Jun 2005 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Education, Science and Training 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Higher Education Support Act 2003

  to include in the Commonwealth Grant Scheme Guidelines, certain requirements on higher education providers, to be known as the Higher Education Workplace Relations Requirements. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Higher Education Legislation Amendment (Student Services and Amenities) Bill 2011

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  29 Sep 2010 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Tertiary Education, Skills, Jobs and Workplace Relations 

  Summary

  Amends the:

  Higher Education Support Act 2003

  and

  Income Tax Assessment Act 1936

  to: allow higher education providers to impose an annual capped compulsory student services and amenities fee of $250 from 1 January 2011; establish the Higher Education Loan Program (HELP): Services and Amenities-HELP (SA-HELP) to enable eligible students to access a loan for the fee; and require higher education providers that receive funding for student places under the Commonwealth Grants Scheme to implement National Access to Services Benchmarks. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Higher Education Legislation Amendment (Provider Category Standards and Other Measures) Bill 2020

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  02 Sep 2020 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Education, Skills and Employment 

  Summary

  Amends the:

  Tertiary Education Quality and Standards Agency Act 2011

  to: implement the recommendations of the

  Review of the Higher Education Provider Category Standards

  ; implement an outstanding recommendation of the

  Review of the impact of the TEQSA Act on the higher education sector

  to refer to the Threshold Standards as a single unified framework; include reference to the new Australian Qualifications Framework qualification type 'undergraduate certificate' in the definition of 'higher education award'; allow the Tertiary Education Quality and Standards Agency (TEQSA) to extend the period of a provider's registration or course accreditation more than once; allow review by the Administrative Appeals Tribunal of a decision by TEQSA not to change the category in which a provider is registered; enable TEQSA to assume control of higher education student records from a registered higher education provider in the event the provider ceases operations; and protect the use of the word 'university' in Australian internet domain names; and

  Higher Education Support Act 2003

  to confirm that higher education providers can use Indigenous student assistance grants to assist prospective, as well as existing, Indigenous students. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Higher Education Legislation Amendment (Miscellaneous Measures) Bill 2015

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  22 Oct 2015 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

   

  Summary

  Amends the

  Higher Education Support Act 2003

  to: enable certain New Zealand citizens who are Special Category Visa holders to be eligible for HELP assistance from 1 January 2016; enable Torrens University Australia to be eligible for equivalent funding support as all other private Australian universities; update the name of the University of Ballarat to Federation University Australia; and confirm the relevant heads of constitutional power for other grants;

  Tertiary Education Quality and Standards Agency Act 2011

  to remove the requirement for the commissioners to prepare annual operational plans; and

  Australian Research Council Act 2001

  to: apply indexation adjustments for existing schemes for the financial years starting 1 July 2015 and 2016; set additional funding caps for the financial years starting 1 July 2017 and 2018; and remove the requirement for the Australian Research Council to prepare corporate plans. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Higher Education Legislation Amendment (2007 Measures No. 1) Bill 2007

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  28 Feb 2007 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Education, Science and Training 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Higher Education Support Act 2003

  to: revise the maximum funding amounts for the operation of the Research Quality Framework; reflect changes to the National Protocols for Higher Education Approval Processes; clarify the administration of the Higher Education Loan Programme (HELP) and arrangements for Commonwealth supported students; provide for suspension of higher education providers by legislative instrument; and rename Victoria University of Technology to Victoria University. Also makes amendments to the

  Higher Education Funding Act 1998

  ,

  Higher Education Support Act 2003

  and the

  Higher Education Support (Transitional Provisions and Consequential Amendments) Act 2003[eitls] to limit the time for students to claim an entitlement to Commonwealth support. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Higher Education Legislation Amendment (2007 Budget Measures) Bill 2007

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  24 May 2007 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Education, Science and Training 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Higher Education Support Act 2003

  in relation to funding amounts for the Commonwealth Grant Scheme, Other Grants and Commonwealth Scholarships; maximum tertiary student contribution amounts for certain units of study; funding agreements; grant adjustment mechanisms; removal of certain restrictions on the proportion of domestic undergraduate fee-paying places; grants for the practical component of teacher education courses; and grants to support structural reform by universities; and

  Australian Research Council Act 2001

  to increase annual caps on funding and add funding years. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Higher Education Legislation Amendment (2006 Budget and Other Measures) Bill 2006

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  06 Sep 2006 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Education, Science and Training 

  Summary

  Amends the:

  Higher Education Funding Act 1988

  in relation to: transition funding for 2007; and repeal of the Higher Education (HECS) Account;

  Higher Education Support Act 2003

  in relation to: funding and grant levels for certain purposes; increases to FEE-HELP limits; extending summer school provisions to winter schools; setting student contribution amounts and tuition fees; rounding calculations of HELP debts; electronic communications; and regulation of higher education in external territories; and

  Australian Research Council Act 2001

  to reflect updated annual caps on funding. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum