Bill
Education and Other Legislation Amendment Bill (No. 1) 2017
passed, as at 2017-04-12. Education and Training portfolio.
- Sponsor
- Not recorded
- Portfolio
- Education and Training
Recorded stages
- introduced — 2017-02-16
- second reading — 2017-02-16
- second reading — 2017-03-21
- second reading — 2017-03-22
- second reading — 2017-03-22
- third reading — 2017-03-22
- introduced — 2017-03-23
- second reading — 2017-03-23
- second reading — 2017-03-27
- second reading — 2017-03-27
- third reading — 2017-03-27
- passed — 2017-03-27
- royal assent — 2017-04-12
Divisions
No divisions recorded. Most questions are decided on the voices; this does not establish that a bill was unopposed.
Plain-language summary
Written by a model from the explanatory memorandum; not the record, as at 2017-02-16.
The bill would create a VET Student Loans Ombudsman and update indexation on funding caps for the Australian Research Council.
It would insert a new Part IIE into the Ombudsman Act to establish the ombudsman's office and make consequential changes to related Acts.
The bill would also amend the Australian Research Council Act 2001 to include an additional forward estimate amount for appropriated funding.
- Establishes the office of the VET Student Loans Ombudsman under the Ombudsman Act.
- Makes consequential amendments to the Ombudsman Act and the VET Student Loans Act 2016.
- Updates indexation against appropriation funding caps in the Australian Research Council Act 2001.
- Includes an additional forward estimate amount in the Australian Research Council Act 2001.
Students and course providers in the vocational education and training sector, and the Australian Research Council.
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