- Date
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21 Sep 2011
- Chamber
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House of Representatives
- Status
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Act
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Portfolio
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Tertiary Education, Skills, Jobs and Workplace Relations
- Summary
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Amends the
Higher Education Support Act 2003
to: increase the maximum payments for the Commonwealth Grant Scheme in 2011; account for indexation to other grants and Commonwealth scholarships for the 2012 to 2014 calendar years; reduce the HECS-HELP up-front discount from 20 to 10 per cent; reduce the HELP voluntary repayment bonus from 10 to 5 per cent; and clarify that Australian citizens are not entitled to Commonwealth support or to access certain schemes when undertaking a course of study primarily at an overseas campus.