Bill
Education Legislation Amendment (2021 Measures No. 1) Bill 2021
passed, as at 2021-05-27. Education, Skills and Employment portfolio.
- Sponsor
- Not recorded
- Portfolio
- Education, Skills and Employment
Recorded stages
- introduced — 2021-02-03
- second reading — 2021-02-03
- second reading — 2021-02-24
- second reading — 2021-02-24
- third reading — 2021-02-24
- introduced — 2021-02-24
- second reading — 2021-02-24
- second reading — 2021-05-13
- third reading — 2021-05-13
- passed — 2021-05-13
- royal assent — 2021-05-27
Divisions
Plain-language summary
Written by a model from the explanatory memorandum; not the record, as at 2021-02-03.
This bill would update funding caps for Australian Research Council programs and change the status of the University of Notre Dame Australia.
It would apply current indexation rates to existing appropriation amounts in the ARC Act and re-categorise the university as a Table A provider under the Higher Education Support Act.
The bill would add an extra $855.0 million in appropriations for the period from 1 July 2020 to 30 June 2024.
- Apply current indexation rates to existing appropriation amounts in the ARC Act from July 2023.
- Re-categorise the University of Notre Dame Australia as a Table A provider from 2021.
- Give UNDA access to new funding arrangements under the Job-ready Graduates reforms.
The Australian Research Council, the University of Notre Dame Australia, and students at that university.
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