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Education Legislation Amendment (Startup Year and Other Measures) Bill 2023


Type
Government
Originating house
House of Representatives
Status
Act

Summary

Amends the: Higher Education Support Act 2003 to create a new form of Higher Education Loan Program assistance, SY-HELP, which will be available to final year undergraduate students, current post-graduate students and recent graduates in accelerator program courses at Australian universities and university colleges; list Avondale University as a Table B provider; Social Security Act 1991, Social Security (Administration) Act 1999 and Student Assistance Act 1973 to provide that students entitled to SY-HELP assistance may qualify for certain social security payments, including youth allowance and austudy payment, while undertaking an accelerator program course; and Australian Research Council Act 2001 to: apply indexation to existing appropriation amounts for the 2022-23, 2023-24 and 2024-25 financial years; and insert a new funding cap for the 2025-26 financial year.

Progress of bill

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House of Representatives
Introduced and read a first time 09/03/23  
Second reading moved 09/03/23  
Second reading debate 21/03/23  
Referred to Federation Chamber 21/03/23  
Second reading debate 22/03/23  
Reported from Federation Chamber 23/03/23  
Second reading agreed to 23/03/23  
Consideration in detail debate 23/03/23 Amendment details: 93 Crossbench agreed to
Third reading agreed to 23/03/23  
     
Senate
Introduced and read a first time 27/03/23  
Second reading moved 27/03/23  
Second reading debate 19/06/23  
Second reading agreed to 19/06/23  
Committee of the Whole debate 19/06/23 Amendment details: 2 Opposition agreed to
Requests details: 2 Government agreed to
Committee of the Whole debate 20/06/23 Amendment details: 2 Independent (Senator Pocock) [as amended] agreed to
Bill agreed to, subject to requests 20/06/23  
     
House of Representatives
Consideration of Senate message 20/06/23 Details: House made Senate requested amendments
     
Senate
Third reading agreed to 21/06/23  
     
House of Representatives
Consideration of Senate message 22/06/23 Details: House agreed to Senate amendments
     
Finally passed both Houses 22/06/23  
Assent 28/06/23 Act no: 36 - Year: 2023
     

Text of bill

  • First reading

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  • Third reading

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  • As passed by both Houses

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Explanatory memoranda

  • Explanatory memorandum

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  • Revised explanatory memorandum

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  • Supplementary explanatory memorandum

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  • Addendum to explanatory memorandum

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Second reading speeches


Proposed amendments

House of Representatives
  • Detail - Crossbench
SCAMPS, Sophie, MP

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Senate
  • 2R - Australian Greens [sheet 1948]
FARUQI, Sen Mehreen

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  • 2R - Opposition [1938]
HENDERSON, Sen Sarah

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  • CW - Australian Greens [sheet 1931 revised]
FARUQI, Sen Mehreen

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  • CW - Government [sheet PF120]

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  • CW - Independent [sheet 2017]
POCOCK, Sen David

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  • CW - Opposition [sheet 1937 revised 2]
HENDERSON, Sen Sarah

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  • CW - Opposition [1936]
HENDERSON, Sen Sarah

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  • CW - Opposition [sheet 1965 revised]
HENDERSON, Sen Sarah

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Schedules of amendments

  • Schedules of the requests by the Senate for amendments and the amendments made by the Senate

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  • Schedule of the amendments made by the Senate

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