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

Type: Government
Portfolio: Tertiary Education, Skills, Jobs and Workplace Relations
Originating house: House of Representatives
Status: Act
Parliament no: 43
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.

Progress

House of Representatives
29 Sep 2010	Introduced and read a first time
29 Sep 2010	Second reading moved
17 Nov 2010	Second reading debate
18 Nov 2010	Second reading debate
18 Nov 2010	Second reading agreed to
18 Nov 2010	Third reading agreed to

Senate
22 Nov 2010	Introduced and read a first time
22 Nov 2010	Second reading moved
19 Sep 2011	Second reading debate
20 Sep 2011	Second reading debate
20 Sep 2011	Second reading agreed to
20 Sep 2011	Committee of the Whole debate
21 Sep 2011	Committee of the Whole debate
11 Oct 2011	Committee of the Whole debate
11 Oct 2011	Third reading agreed to

11 Oct 2011	Text of bill as passed both Houses
03 Nov 2011	Assent Act no.: 130 Year: 2011

Documents and transcripts

Text of bill

First reading
As passed by both houses

Explanatory memoranda

Explanatory memorandum

Transcript of speeches

Proposed amendments

Senate
Australian Greens [sheet 6183] HANSON-YOUNG, Sen Sarah

Schedules of amendments

No documents at present

Committee Information

No documents at present

Bills Digest

Notes

Referred to Committee (21/10/2010): House Standing Committee on Education and Employment ; Committee report (15/11/2010)

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Text of bill

First reading: Text of the bill as introduced into the Parliament
Third reading: Prepared if the bill is amended by the house in which it was introduced. This version of the bill is then considered by the second house.
As passed by both houses: Final text of bill agreed to by both the House of Representatives and the Senate which is presented to the Governor-General for assent.

Explanatory memoranda

Explanatory memorandum: Accompanies and provides an explanation of the content of the introduced version (first reading) of the bill.
Supplementary explanatory memorandum: Accompanies and explains amendments proposed by the government to the bill.
Revised explanatory memorandum: Accompanies and explains the amended version (third reading) of the bill. It supersedes the explanatory memorandum.

Proposed amendments

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Schedules of amendments

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