Search all bills
TOTAL RESULTS: 106
-
- 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.
-
- 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.
-
- 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.
-
- 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.
-
- 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.
-
- 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.
-
- 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.
-
- 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.
-
- 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.
-
- 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.
Browse bills
- Browse all bills by title
-
- Latest updates to bill homepages
-
-
- Bills lists
-
These publications provide a complete list of all bills before Parliament for the current calendar year and details of their progress through both houses of Parliament.
More on bills
Passage of legislation
One of the main roles of the Australian Parliament is to make laws for the people of Australia. Learn more about each step of the law-making process with our passage of legislation website.
Bills and committees
The House of Representatives Selection Committee and the Senate Selection of Bills Committee routinely consider whether bills should be referred to committees for inquiry and report. The House Committee reports its determinations to the chamber, while the Senate Committee makes recommendations which the Senate may then adopt. Bills may also be referred to committees by either chamber or by the relevant minister to House and joint committees.
Acts and Australian Law
Senate statistics