Bill

Higher Education Support Amendment (End Dirty University Partnerships) Bill 2025

before parliament, as at 2025-11-06.

Recorded stages

No divisions recorded. Most questions are decided on the voices; this does not establish that a bill was unopposed.

Written by a model from the explanatory memorandum; not the record, as at 2025-02-13.

This bill would stop universities that get Commonwealth money from having financial ties with certain harmful industries.

Universities would have to reveal all current partnerships with those industries and sell off any related investments.

The bill names the fossil fuel, gambling, tobacco and weapons industries and lets the minister add more industries by a legislative instrument.

Prohibits monetary partnerships between Commonwealth-funded universities and identified harmful industries.
Requires universities to disclose and divest from all partnerships and investments with those industries.
Bans universities from appointing leaders who have investments in those industries to their governing body.

Commonwealth-funded universities and their governing bodies.

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