ISSN 1328â8091 Parliament of Australia Department of Parliamentary Services BILLS DIGEST NO. 32, 2010-11 3 November 2010 Higher Education Support Amendment (2010 Budget Measures) Bill 2010 Marilyn Harrington Social Policy Section Contents Purpose .................................................................................................................................................... 2 Background .............................................................................................................................................. 2 Basis of policy commitment ................................................................................................................ 3 Indexation arrangements .............................................................................................................. 3 Commonwealth Grants Scheme .................................................................................................... 4 Other Grants .................................................................................................................................. 4 Graduate Skills Assessment ...................................................................................................... 4 Australian Learning and Teaching Council ................................................................................ 5 Commonwealth scholarships ................................................................................................... 5 Position of major interest groups ....................................................................................................... 6 Financial implications ............................................................................................................................... 7 Key provisions .......................................................................................................................................... 7 Commonwealth Grants Scheme ......................................................................................................... 8 Other Grants ....................................................................................................................................... 8 Commonwealth scholarships .............................................................................................................. 8 Concluding comments ............................................................................................................................. 8 2 Higher Education Support Amendment (2010 Budget Measures) Bill 2010 Higher Education Support Amendment (2010 Budget Measures) Bill 2010 Date introduced: 20 October 2010 House: House of Representatives Portfolio: Tertiary Education, Skills, Jobs and Workplace Relations Commencement: Sections 1 to 3 will commence on Royal Assent. Schedule 1 will commence on whichever is the later date of 1 December 2010 or Royal Assent. Links: The links to the Bill, its Explanatory Memorandum and second reading speech can be found on the Bills home page, or through http://www.aph.gov.au/bills/. When bills have been passed they can be found at the ComLaw website, which is at http://www.comlaw.gov.au/. Purpose The Higher Education Support Amendment (2010 Budget Measures) Bill 2010 (the Bill) proposes to
Date: 03/11/2010 - Collection: Bills and Legislation - ID: legislation/billsdgs/333454 - Source: Bills Digest Service - Author: HARRINGTON, Marilyn