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Higher Education Support Amendment (2008 Budget Measures) Bill 2008

Type	Government
Originating house	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.

Progress of bill

For committee reference information, please see the Notes section at the end of this page.

House of Representatives
Introduced and read a first time	29/05/08
Second reading moved	29/05/08
Second reading debate	04/06/08
Second reading agreed to	04/06/08
Third reading agreed to	04/06/08

Senate
Introduced and read a first time	16/06/08
Second reading moved	16/06/08
Second reading debate	19/06/08
Second reading agreed to	19/06/08
Third reading agreed to	19/06/08

Assent	25/06/08	Act no.: 43 Year: 2008