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• Veterans' Entitlements Amendment (Gold Card) Bill 1998

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  03 Jun 1998 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Defence portfolio 

  Bill

• Veterans' Entitlements Amendment (Male Total Average Weekly Earnings Benchmark) Bill 1998

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  02 Apr 1998 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Defence portfolio 

  Bill

• VET Student Loans (Charges) Bill 2016

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  13 Oct 2016 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Education and Training 

  Summary

  Part of a package of three bills to replace the VET FEE-HELP loan scheme with a student loans program, the bill imposes an annual charge on approved course providers. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• VET Student Loans (Consequential Amendments and Transitional Provisions) Bill 2016

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  13 Oct 2016 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Education and Training 

  Summary

  Part of a package of three bills to replace the VET FEE-HELP loan scheme with a student loans program, the bill amends the

  Higher Education Support Act 2003

  to: close down access to VET FEE-HELP assistance to new VET providers from 5 October 2016; close down access to VET FEE-HELP assistance to new students for units from 1 January 2017; and enable existing and active students enrolled with VET providers to continue to access VET FEE-HELP assistance for units that start before 1 January 2018; and the

  Higher Education Support Act 2003

  ,

  National Vocational Education and Training Regulator Act 2011

  and

  Student Identifiers Act 2014

  to make consequential amendments. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• VET Student Loans Bill 2016

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  13 Oct 2016 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Education and Training 

  Summary

  Part of a package of three bills to replace the VET FEE-HELP loan scheme with a student loans program, the bill: provides that student loans are approved only for eligible students for approved courses; limits course eligibility for loans through a courses and loan caps determination; imposes stronger eligibility requirements for qualification as an approved course provider; bans providers from using brokers or agents to interact or engage with students in relation to the loans; and provides for monitoring and investigations powers and enforcement powers such as civil penalties, infringement notices, enforceable undertakings and injunctions. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Vocational Education and Training Funding Amendment Bill 2004

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  17 Nov 2004 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Education, Science and Training 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Vocational Education and Training Funding Act 1992

  to provide funds for vocational education and training in 2005 under the Australian National Training Authority (ANTA) agreement; and update the current funding limits for 2004 to reflect the outcome of earlier negotiations with the States and Territories. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Vocational Education and Training Funding Amendment Bill 2004

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  23 Jun 2004 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Not Proceeding 

  Portfolio

  Education, Science and Training 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Vocational Education and Training Funding Act 1992

  to provide funds for vocational education and training in 2005 under the Australian National Training Authority (ANTA) agreement; and update the current funding limits for 2004 to reflect the outcome of earlier negotiations on a new ANTA agreement. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Vocational Education and Training Funding Amendment Bill 2003

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  26 Jun 2003 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Education, Science and Training 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Vocational Education and Training Funding Act 1992

  to: supplement 2003 funding; appropriate general vocational education and training funding for 2004; provide additional growth funding in 2004 for those State and Territories that satisfy the provisions set out in the Australian National Training Authority Agreement for 2004-2006; and provide further funding under the “Australians Working Together” and “Recognising and Improving the Capacity of People with a Disability” programs. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• Vocational Education and Training Funding Amendment Bill 2002

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  05 Jun 2002 

  Chamber

  House of Representatives 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Education, Science and Training 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Vocational Education and Training Funding Act 1992

  to: supplement 2002 funding; appropriate general vocational education and training funding for 2003; and provide additional growth funding in 2003 for those State and Territories that satisfy the provisions set out in the Australian National Training Authority Agreement for 2001-2003. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum

• VET Student Payment Arrangements (Miscellaneous Amendments) Bill 2020

  Track (What's this?)

  Date

  12 Nov 2020 

  Chamber

  Senate 

  Status

  Act 

  Portfolio

  Education, Skills and Employment 

  Summary

  Amends the

  Higher Education Support Act 2003

  and

  VET Student Loans Act 2016

  to: phase out the Commonwealth's obligation to pay VET FEE-HELP (VFH) to VET providers in respect of old student data, and prevent those providers from pursuing students for the amounts the Commonwealth does not pay; enable the Commonwealth to set off debts owed by providers to the Commonwealth under the VFH scheme against amounts of FEE-HELP assistance or VET student loans payable to the provider; and revoke the approval of remaining VET providers, while providing for the continuing operation of the

  Higher Education Support Act 2003

  and relevant legislative instruments to enable the Commonwealth to deal with and resolve outstanding matters under the VFH scheme. 

  Bill | Explanatory Memorandum