Bill
Higher Education Support (Charges) Bill 2018
lapsed, as at 2019-04-11. Education and Training portfolio.
- Sponsor
- Not recorded
- Portfolio
- Education and Training
Recorded stages
- introduced — 2018-09-19
- second reading — 2018-09-19
- second reading — 2018-12-04
- other — 2019-04-11
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 2018-09-19.
The bill would charge higher education providers an annual tax to fund the student loan scheme.
Providers whose students get HECS-HELP or FEE-HELP must pay the charge, with the amount set later by regulation.
The annual charge will cover the government's costs of running the loan program, including administration, data and compliance.
- Imposes an annual charge on all higher education providers with students using HECS-HELP or FEE-HELP.
- Funds the Higher Education Loans Program and related Commonwealth costs.
- Leaves the charge amount to be prescribed by regulations.
Higher education providers whose students receive HECS-HELP or FEE-HELP
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