Second Reading Speeches

Higher Education Support Amendment (VET FEE-HELP and Tertiary Admission Centres) Bill 2009

Type
Government
Portfolio
Education
Originating house
House of Representatives
Status
Act
Parliament no
42

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Summary

Amends the

Higher Education Support Act 2003
to: broaden the guidelines-making powers to vary the VET FEE-HELP debt; allow different requirements to apply to different students undertaking VET units of study; and provide that officers of Tertiary Admission Centres have the same status and duty of care as those of higher education providers in relation to processing student information.

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