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• Higher Education Support Amendment (2010 Budget Measures) Bill 2010

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  20 Oct 2010 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Tertiary Education, Skills, Jobs and Workplace Relations 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Higher Education Support Act 2003

  to revise the maximum funding amounts: under the Commonwealth Grants Scheme to provide for the transition to a student centred funding system; for other grants to provide a reduction in funding for the Australian and Learning Teaching Council and cease the Graduate Skills Assessment Program; and to increase the maximum grants payable for Commonwealth scholarships. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Higher Education Support Amendment (2009 Budget Measures) Bill 2009

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  28 May 2009 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Education 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Higher Education Support Act 2003

  to: revise the maximum funding amounts for the Commonwealth Grant Scheme, Other Grants, and Commonwealth Scholarships; include a funding cluster for education and provide increased funding for all clusters; increase the maximum additional funding certain eligible higher education providers can receive; vary the purposes for which Other Grants may be made and eligibility for those grants; change maximum student contribution amounts for certain students; remove the OS-HELP loan fee from 2010; and apply new indexation arrangements to maximum student contribution amounts in 2011. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Higher Education Support Amendment (2008 Budget Measures) Bill 2008

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  Date

  29 May 2008 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Education, Employment and Workplace Relations 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Higher Education Support Act 2003

  in relation to: compulsory Higher Education Loan Program (HELP) repayments and a HECS-HELP benefit for certain graduates and teachers; funding amounts to reflect supplementation for indexation increases, budget measures, technical adjustments for 2009-12, and maximum grant amounts for 2012; transitional loading under the Commonwealth Grant Scheme; phasing out domestic undergraduate full fee paying places at public universities; and maximum contribution amounts for mathematics, statistics and science units of study. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Higher Education Support (Transitional Provisions and Consequential Amendments) Bill 2003

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  17 Sep 2003 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Education, Science and Training 

  Summary

  Part of a package of three bills to establish a framework for the Commonwealth funding of higher education, the bill provides for transitional arrangements and consequential amendments to the

  Higher Education Funding Act 1988

  and 11 other Acts as a result of the new funding framework. Also amends the

  Australian National University Act 1991

  and

  Maritime College Act 1978

  in relation to the governance structures of the Australian National University and the Australian Maritime College. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Higher Education Legislation Amendment Bill 2004

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  11 Mar 2004 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Education, Science and Training 

  Summary

  Amends the:

  Higher Education Funding Act 1988

  in relation to funding and grant levels for certain purposes;

  Higher Education Support Act 2003

  in relation to: funding in relation to the Commonwealth Grant Scheme and Other Grants for 2005-07; setting of student contributions and tuition fees; remission of HECS-HELP debts for work experience in industry units; definition of Equivalent Full Time Student Load; and notification of tax file numbers by students; and

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

  to: simplify transitional funding arrangements for University of Notre Dame Australia students; and provide Ministerial discretion to approve funding increases under the Commonwealth Grants Scheme in the first year of implementation (2005) under certain circumstances. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Higher Education Legislation Amendment Bill 2003

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  Date

  26 Jun 2003 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Education, Science and Training 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Higher Education Funding Act 1988

  in relation to funding and grant levels for the 2002 and 2003 funding years for certain purposes; and

  Australian Research Council Act 2001

  in relation to: the administration and financial management of the Australian Research Council, its advisory structures and research programmes; and extension of ministerial delegations. Also contains transitional and saving provisions. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Higher Education Legislation Amendment Bill (No. 3) 2004

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  17 Nov 2004 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Education, Science and Training 

  Summary

  Amends the:

  Higher Education Support Act 2003

  in relation to: new maximum aggregate funding levels for the Commonwealth Grant Scheme; operation of summer schools; extension of time within which students must submit their Commonwealth assistance request; entitlement to HECS-HELP, FEE-HELP and OS-HELP assistance; repayments by higher education providers of advances; and definition of undergraduate and postgraduate higher education award;

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

  to: provide for transitional arrangements for the repayment of special purpose grants; and OS-HELP prior study requirements;

  Australian National University Act 1991

  to extend the time within which the Minister must make appointments to the ANU Council; and

  Australian Research Council Act 2001

  to update annual funding caps. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Higher Education Legislation Amendment Bill (No. 3) 2004

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  05 Aug 2004 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Portfolio

  Education, Science and Training 

  Summary

  Amends the:

  Higher Education Support Act 2003

  in relation to: addition of Melbourne University Private to the list of Table B higher education providers; new maximum aggregate funding levels for the Commonwealth Grant Scheme; operation of summer schools; extension of time within which students must submit their Commonwealth assistance request; entitlement to HECS-HELP, FEE-HELP and OS-HELP assistance; repayments by higher education providers of advances; and definition of undergraduate and postgraduate higher education award;

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

  to: provide for transitional arrangements for the repayment of special purpose grants; and OS-HELP prior study requirements;

  Australian National University Act 1991

  to extend the time within which the Minister must make appointments to the ANU Council; and

  Australian Research Council Act 2001

  to update annual funding caps. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Higher Education Legislation Amendment Bill (No. 3) 2002

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  16 Oct 2002 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Education, Science and Training 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Higher Education Funding Act 1988

  to: extend the application of the National Protocols for Higher Education Approval Processes to Australia’s external territories on the same basis as they apply in the States and mainland Territories; and prohibit the use of “university” or similar words in a company or business name in an external territory without the Minister’s approval. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• 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