Summary
Amends the:
Education Services for Overseas Students Act 2000
to implement measures relating to Australia’s international education sector, including in relation to education agents and commissions, the giving of education agent information to registered providers, the management of provider applications, registration requirements, the automatic cancellation of registration and specified courses in certain circumstances, the investigation of offences when considering the fit and proper provider test, and internal reviews of reviewable decisions;
Tertiary Education Quality and Standards Agency Act 2011
to ensure that registered providers that are delivering courses outside Australia are authorised by the
Tertiary Education Quality and Standards Agency
;
Higher Education Support Act 2003
to introduce demand driven Commonwealth supported places for courses of study in medicine for eligible First Nations Students; and
A New Tax System (Family Assistance) (Administration) Act 1999
to: expand information gathering powers to support the Early Education Service Delivery Prices Project; expand authorisations for the handling of protected information; make technical amendments; and align the date of effect for decisions relating to the child care subsidy (CCS) reconciliation process with the date of effect in the CCS system.